urbanization Archives

Aerial view of sea bay with turquoise water and a small white beach. Beautiful lagoon and volcanic island covered with dense forest

Islands as spaces of innovation for marine biodiversity

Perspective / Read key insights on how innovating in Islands offers an opportunity to think beyond the established ways of organizing society and building cities.

8 December 2021 / About Business, Cities, Innovation and Water resources

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Governance challenges and opportunities for implementing resource recovery from organic waste streams in urban areas of Latin America: insights from Chía, Colombia

Journal article / A case study shows enabling factors and governance barriers critical to implementing circular economy strategies for organic waste in urban areas.

25 November 2021 / About Public policy and Sanitation

Waste pipe or drainage polluting environment

Recovering resources from organic waste streams with the REVAMP tool

Feature / Explore your city or community's resource recovery potential of urban organic waste streams on the new web-based platform for SEI’s newly launched REVAMP tool.

19 November 2021 / About Business, Cities, Finance, Household energy, Innovation, Public policy, Renewables, Sanitation and Water resources

Assessing inequalities in wellbeing at a neighbourhood scale in low-middle-income-country secondary cities and their implications for long-term livability

Journal article / To ensure future sustainability, cities need to consider concepts of livability and resident wellbeing alongside environmental and economic development equity.

8 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Schoolchildren in Lusaka, Zambia looking at a map of transport hotspots

Participative solutions in urban transport planning

Past event / In this INTALInC webinar, experts explore promising approaches aimed at overcoming exclusion in East African urban transport planning.

28 October 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Innovation, Participation, Pollution, Public policy, Transport and Wellbeing

Aerial photo of West Park, Wolverhampton, UK

A just transition towards circular cities – why people matter

Past event / In this webinar, experts discussed the social impacts of a transition to a circular economy in cities.

27 October 2021 / About Cities

Aerial view of downtown traffic, Nairobi, Kenya

Giving a voice to vulnerable road users for inclusive transport planning in African cities

Past event / This webinar will share preliminary findings of ongoing SEI studies on equitable mobility and inclusive climate resilient transport planning in Africa.

12 October 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy, Transport and Wellbeing

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The role of municipal governments in the sustainability transition – research and experimentation

Past event / In this session at the Innovate4Cities conference, experts discuss benefits and challenges that cities face when joining research and innovation projects.

11 October 2021 / About Cities

Male rickshaw driver waits for customers next to canal enveloped by green trees during afternoon, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Enabling inclusion in smart city development: a policy toolkit

Tool / This toolkit provides insights and recommendations for urban planners to help them adopt more inclusive and gender-sensitive approaches to smart urbanization.

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