Infrastructure 2013: Waste, presentation
Presentation from the fourth ‘Infrastructure 2013′ seminar held 28 August in Oslo, on solid waste management and informal settlements that emerge in proximity to dumping sites. How is poor waste […]
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Infrastructure 2013: Electricity, presentations
Presentation from the third ‘Infrastructure 2013′ seminar held 12 June in Oslo, on access to electricity in informal settlements and growing cities. How is the daily life, the outlook of […]
Infrastructure 2013: Public Transport, Presentations
Presentation from the second ‘Infrastructure 2013′ seminar held 24 April in Oslo, looking at the provision of public transport in growing cities. Below you find the presentation held by Malin […]
Lecture with Arun Rewal at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
“Structuring Settings + Setting Structures: Anchoring Frames of Freedom with Geometry and Memory” Building cities in India is perhaps more diverse than anywhere in the world. It has a population […]
The Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura – Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
Cateura is the name of the enormous landfill located in Paraguay’s capital city, Asunción. It is also one of South American’s poorest slums and home to the young members of […]
Garbage collection in the Mathare Slum
Many youth groups in the slum communities of Nairobi, Kenya, run garbage collection services. Their goal is to create a clean and healthy environment for all – and to uplift […]
Slum dwellers are mapping the informal settlements of Nairobi
Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map. But in November 2009, young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map […]
UN-Habitat and Youth
On the 8th of October 2013, UN-HABITAT in collaboration with Habitat Norway will host the seminar: “Youth and Urban Governance, including Land and ICT” at The House of Literature in Oslo. […]
Where A Billion People Still Live Without Electricity
According to a new report from the World Bank, 1.6 billion people gained access to electricity between 1990 and 2000, 70 percent of them in urban areas. But, as of […]
Habitat Norway launches new logo
We are happy to launch our new logo! The logo comes with English and Norwegian text, and with black and white letters and illustration. The logo also comes in a […]
