Spotlight on livable cities, Part II: The Changing Mechanisms of Planning

By | 2017-05-20T11:51:53+00:00 November 23rd 2016|Categories: CREATING LIVEABLE CITIES|Tags: , , , , |

What do cities in India need to be more livable? In the four part series "Spotlight on livable cities", ISOCARP Vice-President Shipra Narang Suri aims to answer this question by approaching it from various angles, giving examples from different areas of urban planning. In this second part, she talks about urban building master plans, the land housing market in India's cities and the urban poor.

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“Participation is a prerequisite for sustainable urban development”

By | 2017-05-20T11:51:59+00:00 September 28th 2016|Categories: CREATING LIVEABLE CITIES, STRENGTHENING PARTICIPATION|Tags: , , , , |

According to Franziska Schreiber and Kaj Fischer from the think tank adelphi, innovative participation processes make cities more livable. URBANET talked to both urbanisation experts about how municipalities and residents can work together to shape their city.

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