Av Odd Iglebæk (tidl styremedlem i Habitat Norge) Om femti år er det trolig over ni milliarder mennesker på jorda. Hvordan skal alle sikres tilstrekkelig med mat? I dag har verden nærmere sju milliarder innbyggere, og mindre enn halvparten bor på landet. Om femti år er vi sannsynligvis i overkant […]
‘Urban Brazil: Recurring Challenges and Changing Perspectives’, seminar hosted by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) addressing key issues and paradoxes of Brazil’s growing international engagement on one hand and domestic urban challenges on the other. Monday 21 Jan 2013 10:00-12:00. More Information here.
Habitat Norway in collaboration with ByFabrikken invites you for a christmas beer at Torggata Bar, Wednesday 12th of December at 19:30. Topic: Can dense, compact and high building structures act as vertical neighbourhoods? We will screen the film “Torre David” by Urban Think Tank, which is about a building occupied […]
The Football World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016 – what will be the impact on the favelas? Film premiere & panel discussion – at Litteraturhuset (Amalie Skram), Oslo, Monday 26th of November, at 19.00h. Free entrance. The documentary ‘Before The Party’ will premiere at Litteraturhuset followed by an open debate. […]
Paradise Now is a movie by Hany Abu-Assad, about two young men from Gaza preparing for a suicide attack in Tel Aviv. This is the truly gripping story of two ordinary people in an extreme situation. The film gives a nuanced impression of the Israel/Palestine conflict and provides a frightening […]
Over the last decades, cities have re-appeared as battlegrounds. Urban centers have been central fighting grounds in ongoing conflicts and the starting block for revolutions. The role of the military has adapted to thetrend of lower intensity, but longer-lasting wars. In a time of urbanization, globalization, and transnational crimes, urban […]
Habitat Norway is a Norwegian non-governmental organization, established in 1988, with the overall aim to promote the interest and awareness of global urban challenges and settlement issues. Today more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and daily more and more people move from rural to urban areas. […]