international grants to cities of the Global South. Additional funding through the generation of local revenues or market …While cities are important emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG), they are also vulnerable to the impacts of climate … change; at the same time they constitute innovation hubs for climate action. For cities to fulfil their potential for global …

State's Regiopolitan cities planners, require the most in their urban planning profession. In today's urban world …, understanding city dynamics, forecasting and predicting vibrant cities, making urban planning decisions and putting them into … urban plans, and building good personal and skilled relationships have all become highly complex and challenging. As a …

The tertiarisation, or perhaps more accurately, the deindustrialisation of the economy has left deep scars on cities … structures of cities. Industrialisation, collective wage setting, and the welfare state led to a stark reduction in income … increasing wage differentiation. Moreover, numerous studies on global cities, the dual city, and divided cities have also …

The speech mainly gives insights into aspects like what is globalisation, urban growth in the next 30 years, new … challenges of Globalisation for Cities, the poor that emerges along with the cities, the demographic changes that are going to … take place, urban financing and governance [Plenary Address at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Urban Summit at Bellagio …

, cities that seek to address the economic risks and financial costs of such hazards must also improve the adaptive capacity … vulnerabilities of the urban poor? [NTS Alert]. URL:[http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/Alert/pdf/NTS-Alert-1301.pdf] …

address rural and urban food wastage. [Policy Brief No. 17]. URL …

The global urban transition increasingly positions cities as important influencers in determining sustainability … outcomes. Urban sustainability literature tends to focus on the built environment as a solution space for reducing energy and … dwelling and motor vehicle ownership are partially influenced by urban form, they are also influenced by cultural and socio …

growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two ….3 billion people live in urban areas. This significant increase in urban population has resulted from both natural population …-thirds of the urban population lives in developing countries and the increasing level of urbanization in those countries have …

growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two ….3 billion people live in urban areas. This significant increase in urban population has resulted from both natural population …-thirds of the urban population lives in developing countries and the increasing level of urbanization in those countries have …

Cities are part of the climate change problem, but they are also a key part of the solution. This report offers a … comprehensive analysis of how cities and metropolitan regions can change the way we think about responding to climate change. Cities …, the exposed infrastructure and prevalent coastal location of many cities makes them common targets for climate change …