Urban focus

"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody." Jane Jacobs, writer and activist

Most humans now live in cities. The quality of urban life therefore considerably defines the quality of human life.

Action ideas Cittaslow, slow cities Wanted pages Rainwater harvesting, WP City farm, City farm W Other ideas Sustainable Tower Blocks Urban Citizen Forestry Transforming derelict buildings into vertical gardens, sustainablecitiescollective.com, February 21, 2012 Wanted pages and external links Urbanisation W Category:Urban studies and planning W Urban planning W City region W Sustainable city W Masdar City W, United Arab Emirates W Sustainable urban drainage systems W Built environment W GUSSE, Global Urban Sustainability Solutions Exchange

Resources

• Random facts
• Shared lessons: cities, spaces, equity, International Institute for Environment and Development
• State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future, Worldwatch Institute, January 2007

Research

• Eco-Cities, multi-national research network co-ordinated by scholars at the University of Westminster (London), the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), and the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC).

Diary international

November 2010

• 19 - 21 Urban Platform, Brussels

March 2007

• 21-24, Fifth European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns, Seville, Spain

Related topics

• Food
• Urban & village design
• Clonburris
• category:City
• Spatial planning
• Local needs met locally
• Cities and biodiversity
• Cycling

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