Fra i utgangspunktet (Habitat I, Vancouver, 1976) å se urbanisering som en trussel hvor fokuset ensidig var å bygge nok boliger, er FNs perspektiv blitt vesentlig bredere. Allerede Habitat II (Istanbul,1996) peker på byenes vekst som en mulighet for helhetlig bærekraftig utvikling i en urbaniserende verden. På Habitat III (Quito, […]
Habitat Norway want to share “Engendering Urban Planning” – which came out of a series of global urban lectures carried out by UN Habitat. The expert Ana Falú – president of CISCSA, held a conference on Gender Perspectives and Urban Planning, where she discussed issues like the oversight of women in city […]
BLI MED OG LAG INTERNASJONAL URBANPOLITIKK Habitat Norge og Utenriksdepartementet inviterer til : «Urban kunnskaps og politikk – konferanse», Oslo 25. april 2016, kl. 09.00-16.00 i NORADs auditorium, Ruseløkkveien 23, 4 etg. For oppdatert program og statement, se her! Vi befinner oss midt i det andre tiåret av det urbane […]
In eight months, tens of thousands of international delegates, local authorities, stakeholders and urbanists are expected to descend on Ecuador’s capital for the U.N.’s major urbanization conference. Published in: www.citiscope.org // By: Greg Scruggs // Feb 19, 2016 // Full article here Seventeenth-century churches will be transformed into public forums […]
Habitat III Europe Regional Meeting “European Habitat” will involve a wide range of participants, that will debate regional priorities for the New Urban Agenda, and policy recommendations in the form of a final regional participants’ declaration. The “European Habitat” is focusing on the region of the United Nations Economic Commission […]
Konferansen som var planlagt 7 mars utsettes til April. Ny dato publiseres på våre nettsider snart.
Pricey downtown real estate and safety concerns are among the factors. Published in: www.citylab.com // By: Irene Caselli // Feb 5, 2016 // Full article here Having to show an ID, name the passengers in your car, or reveal the contents of your trunk when you come home is […]
NOEN FAKTA OM DEN URBANE VERDEN* Befolkningsvekst: I dag bor mer enn halvparten av menneskeheten, ca 3,5 milliarder i byer. Årlig øker bybefolkningen med mer enn 60 millioner. I 2050 vil kanskje 7 milliarder (av 9,6 mrd.) bo i by. Mega-/metabyer: Ca. 80 % vil bo i ikke-vestlige […]
By Paul Currie, Making of Cities. I wander through cities and hear them humming around me. They are creatures, machines, fixtures, breathers, parts and pieces, relationships, conduits, conductors, caretakers and crushers. Each city has its own sounds and its own energies that draw my attention and set the rhythm of my […]
October 7-8th The City of Malmö, INTA (International Urban Development Association) and NCN (Nordic City Network) in cooperation with IFHP (International Federation for Housing and Planning) invited a number of selected participants to a preconference on “Liveability” in Malmö. The seminar in Malmo is part of a series of seminars […]