urbanization Archives

Aerial view of Guanajuato, Mexico with white and orange-coloured colonial-era buildings, including churches, hotels and houses

Seizing the urban opportunity: how national governments can recover from Covid-19, secure shared prosperity and tackle the climate crisis through cities

Other publication / Cities provide critical venues to advance climate resiliency and decarbonize. We examine six economies and propose how cities can lead on climate action.

17 March 2021 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Finance, Innovation, Participation, Public policy, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Group of people in Africa looking at a city map

Socially inclusive urban policy making for climate resilient dryland Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers in dryland Africa to use when planning, developing and implementing policies.

1 February 2021 / About Cities

A man walks through Nyayo Gardens in Nakuru, Kenya

A tale of two cities: inequalities in urban wellbeing in the Global South

Feature / City planning needs to consider livability and resident well-being alongside equality of environmental and economic development.

17 December 2021 / About Cities, Land use, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

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

Nyayo Gardens Park, Nakuru, Kenya provides shade and respite to workers and local residents

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

Journal article / This article describes a mixed methods approach to understand inequalities in urban wellbeing in two rapidly changing cities in Kenya and Thailand.

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

Two people at a whiteboard writing in Spanish and English

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