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 simplified set. Design by Synne Bergby.
Author: Habitat Norway
Can cities rely entirely on solar power in the future?
It might be possible, as Morocco just launched the world’s largest solar power project. Middle East Online announced (2013-05-11) the breaking news. The project is expected to cover 3,000 hectares and have a generation capacity of 500 megawatts, enough to met the electricity needs of the city Ouarzazate’s 1.5 million […]
Oslo: A City That Turns Garbage Into Energy Copes With a Shortage
OSLO — A city that imports garbage. Some comes from England, some from Ireland. Some is from neighboring Sweden. It even has designs on the American market. “I’d like to take some from the United States,” said Pal Mikkelsen, in his office at a huge plant on the edge of […]
Byer og klima – den fortrengte utfordringen
Erik Berg, former Senior Adviser in the UN section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, writes in this month’s issue of Bistandsaktuelt, publication by The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), about cities and the climate, and argues that cities are neglected in the discourse on how to both understand and tackle […]
Presentation: Lecture with Prof David Sanderson, May 2013
Wednesday 8 May professor David Sanderson, director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice in the department of architecture, Oxford Brookes University, gave a lecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, hosted by Habitat Norway. THE ARCHITECT’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING URBAN VULNERABILITY AND DISASTER RESPONSE Is the profession […]
Lecture with Prof David Sanderson
Habitat Norway is happy to announce that we will host a lecture with Prof David Sanderson, director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice in the department of architecture, Oxford Brookes University, 8 May in Oslo. More information on the event here. Read Sanderson’s take on architects’ role in […]
Doctoral Thesis Defence: Fortunatus Bahendwa
PhD Candidate at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Fortunatus Bahendwa, is set to defend his thesis, entitled Form Through Residents’ Practices: The unconventional transformation processes in suburban areas in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 7 May at 10.00. ‘The thesis explores and presents the residents’ informal urban practices […]
“Planning, Connecting & Finnancing Cities – Now” – new World Bank policy framework on urban development
In April The World Bank published a new policy framework on urban development: “Planning, Connecting & Finnancing Cities – Now”. The framework is meant to serve as a tool for city leaders to stear planning of rapidly urbanizing cities towards resilient and sustainable development; Planning, Connecting, and Financing Cities — […]
Infrastructure 2013: Water, presentations
The first ‘Infrastructure 2013’ seminar was held 20 March in Oslo, looking at access to safe water and water managment in growing cities. Below you find the presentations held at the seminar (presentations from Jørgen E. Magdahl/FIVAS and Henrik Lindblom/Habitat Norge only in Norwegian). Nyliberale strategier for urbane vanntjenester – […]
Habitat Report 2007: A Safe City is a Just City
Habitat report 2007: A Safe City is a Just City from HabitatNorway