Front page, World Report 2013, Human Rights Watch In the World Report 2013, Human Rights Watch takes a glance at human rights issues worldwide from the end of 2011 until November 2012. The report is an important account of the human rights situation, both through introductory essays and keynote […]
Av Henrik Lindblom. Mennesket kan overleve relativt lenge uten mat, men kun få dager uten vann. Det er en større andel mennesker som dør på grunn av mangel på rent vann enn det er mennesker som dør av AIDS, malaria og meslinger til sammen. Ifølge World Water Council mangler mer […]
Is there a link between urban planning and poverty alleviation? In the SLUM LAB project, Urban-Think Tank founders Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, brings planners, architects, and students from all areas of the globe to converge and to […]
In December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation (Resolution A/RES/65/154). In reflection of this declaration, the 2013 World Water Day, which will take place on 22 March 2013, also will be dedicated to water cooperation. Therefore, UN-Water has called […]
‘The City is the Home of Prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also where ambitions, aspirations and other material and immaterial aspects of life are realized, providing contentment and happiness. It is a locus […]
Av Ivar Winther Byer utgjør ca. 2,8% av jordens overflate, og verdens befolkning flytter inn i byene. Rundt forrige århundreskifte levde om lag 180 millioner i byer. 1950 fantes det 2,3 milliarder, hvorav 500 millioner bodde i byer. I 2007 var det for første gang et flertall av byboere i […]
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. […]