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Spotlight on: Risk and Crisis Management

The Global Housing Crisis: A Crisis Unlike Any Other

By |October 25th 2022|Categories: Basic Infrastructure & Housing, Global Urban Debates|Tags: , , |

Echoes of the same story can be heard in cities across the globe – homelessness is on the rise and the cost of housing is increasing at an alarming rate while the availability of decent housing dwindles. Kirsten McRae with recent statistics on the global housing crisis and why we should no longer financialise our most basic human good.

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Spotlight on: Risk and Crisis Management

From Burden to Economic Asset: Palestine Refugee Camps in Jordan

By |October 20th 2022|Categories: Economic Development, Global Urban Debates|Tags: , , , |

When faced with stereotypical images of refugee camps as isolated places without ways of contribution or interaction the example of Palestine refugee camp Marka proves these expectations wrong. Dina Dahood Dabash sheds light on factors that contributed to the current agency of the Marka camp in Jordan.

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Spotlight on: Risk and Crisis Management

Designing Urban Resilience to Confront a Risky World

By |October 4th 2022|Categories: Climate Change & Resilience, Global Urban Debates|Tags: , , |

Building-in the ability of city institutions and infrastructure to anticipate, respond to, bounce back, and learn from shocks and stresses is more essential than ever. By Robert Muggah, Co-Founder of one of the world's leading social policy think tanks.

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Spotlight on: Young Voices

Leave No One Behind – A Promise to the Urban Poorest

By |August 23rd 2022|Categories: Global Urban Debates, Youth & Gender|Tags: , , , , |

Leave on one behind is a catchy phrase which is used in various contexts so often that one might forget it is also a promise. One that is unfulfilled, Franka Bernreiter argues and reminds us that neither slums nor the responsibility to create sustainable cities are exclusive to the Global South.

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Spotlight on: Young Voices

Empowering the Next Generation of Urban Changemakers

By |August 19th 2022|Categories: Global Urban Debates, Urban & Metropolitan Governance, Youth & Gender|Tags: , , , |

Young people have fantastic ideas how to create liveable cities of the future - we need an environment that fosters their creativity, says Mario Raimundi Pruss from the Young City Makers Programme.

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