Poverty and Hunger

Planning in the Shadow of Colonialism: India’s Balancing Act

By |2024-01-05T13:00:32+01:00December 5th 2023|

Explore how colonial legacies perpetuate inequalities in access to resources like housing and food in contemporary Indian cities. Join Utkarsh Sharma in unraveling this narrative and seeking paths to decolonization.

Poverty and Hunger

The Right to Food: School Feeding Initiatives and Inequality in Kenya’s Urban Informal Settlements

By |2024-01-05T13:00:56+01:00November 30th 2023|

Interconnected crises are fuelling food insecurity and negatively impacting children the most. Serah Kiragu-Wissler is convinced: School feeding programmes can push processes towards the realisation of a right to food.

Migration and Climate

The Right to Livability: Tackling Suburban Spaces and Peripheral Settlements

By |2024-01-05T13:01:26+01:00November 14th 2023|

Embark on a journey through Queretaro’s urban transformation with Jorge Javier, where migration and climate challenges inspire pivotal changes. Uncover the compelling reasons driving transformative urban shifts for a sustainable and climate-resilient cityscape.

Public Spaces and Integrated Planning

Celebrating Human Diversity – Urban Planning for Disability Equity and Inclusion

By |2023-11-08T15:00:52+01:00September 19th 2023|

How we plan and design for human diversity requires serious rethinking if we genuinely want to address inequity and injustices in our suburbs and cities. By Lisa Stafford

Public Spaces and Integrated Planning

Fall and Rise of Streets as Vital Public Spaces for Children

By |2023-11-08T15:10:39+01:00September 5th 2023|

From Amsterdam's playful Potgieterstraat to Barcelona's superblocks and Bristol's 'Playing Out' movement, Sudeshna Chatterjee is exploring how urban landscapes are transforming to be more child-friendly.

Conflict and Reconstruction in Cities

Healing the Wounds: How Public Spaces Foster Peace and Rebuild Communities in War-torn Aleppo

By |2023-11-08T15:14:02+01:00August 15th 2023|

During the war, public spaces can be drivers for resilience. Ghada Rifai explores the transformative potential of public spaces in post-conflict cities through the example of Aleppo in Syria.

Conflict and Reconstruction in Cities

Supporting Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Recovery Planning in Ukraine to ‘Build Back Better’

By |2023-11-08T15:14:45+01:00August 10th 2023|

As Ukraine’s cities are already starting to build back, UNITAC supports them with evidence-based recovery planning and a people-centred approach to foster resilient and inclusive reconstruction.

Inequality in Cities

The Power of Data – Making Transport Systems in Africa More Equitable

By |2023-11-08T15:29:17+01:00July 25th 2023|

In Africa, gender-specific mobility needs are rarely considered in public transport due to a lack of data. Ariadne Baskin on the need to establish a more feminist transport system.

Inequality in Cities

Bogota: Centring Women’s Care Work as a Core Municipal Function

By |2024-01-05T12:54:50+01:00July 18th 2023|

In Bogota, Care Blocks are transforming the lives of unpaid caregivers, providing essential services and empowerment. Prabha Khosla explores the empowering impact of these initiatives and the path towards gender-inclusive cities.

Inequality in Cities

Feminist Urbanism – Confronting Patriarchal Living Conditions in Urban Spaces

By |2024-01-05T12:55:05+01:00July 11th 2023|

Feminist urbanism is a concept that challenges the inequality in cities that particularly affects women among other marginalised groups. Ana Falú preps us with knowledge on how to overcome the patriarchal living conditions constituting our urban environment so far.

Infographics: Urbanisation and Urban Development in Rwanda

By |2024-01-05T12:57:57+01:00May 9th 2023|

URBANET is back with a new country series, inviting readers to explore and learn about urbanisation in Rwanda! Starting off with a set of infographics we introduce you to some insightful facts and figures regarding the country’s urban and demographic development.

Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy

Creating Integrated and Safe Neighbourhoods for All Through International Peer Learning Exchange

By |2024-01-04T16:42:02+01:00March 30th 2023|

For years cities have been planned and built for only half the population: Women’s needs are represented sparsely at most. The BMWSB project “Dialogues for Urban Change” implements the approach of international peer learning to create safe public spaces for everyone.

Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy

Navigating the Concrete Jungle: The Gender Divide in Urban Life

By |2024-01-04T16:42:17+01:00March 21st 2023|

From accessing public services to just being able to survive, the city can be a vastly different place for different genders. Join Paula Meth as she explores gender inequalities in informal urban environments.

Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy

Leave No One Behind – Including Marginalised Communities Through Inclusive Urban Planning

By |2024-01-04T16:42:34+01:00March 14th 2023|

Implementing the concept of Leave No One Behind (LNOB) often correlates with facing multiple challenges on a municipal level. Hannah Schabert discusses lessons learnt.

Just Transition

Trading to Eat: How The Informal Economy is Hunger-Proofing Africa’s Cities

By |2024-01-05T12:48:12+01:00January 31st 2023|

In many African cities, informal food traders sell everything from fresh produce to fried chicken feet at affordable prices to people who need the food most. Luke Metelerkamp is convinced: informal trading is hunger-proofing Africa's cities, arguably providing the continent's largest nutritional safety net.

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