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Pedalling Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Bogotá’s Bike-Share Success Story

Spotlight on: Just Transition

Pedalling Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Bogotá’s Bike-Share Success Story

By Laura Simsek and Carolina Hernandéz G.|2023-02-28T14:59:25+01:00February 28th 2023|Urban Mobility, Bogota, Colombia, inclusive cities, Just Transition, Women in Cities|

How can cities move beyond fossil fuel-driven transportation systems? Bogotá’s bike-share programme demonstrates that sustainable mobility is sometimes just a pedal step away. Laura Simsek and Carolina Hernandéz G. highlight how the initiative’s inclusive components help close the mobility gap, promote gender equality, and simultaneously foster a just transition in Colombia’s capital.

Ingredients for Inclusive and Effective Urban Reform

SPOTLIGHT ON: LIVEABLE CITIES

Ingredients for Inclusive and Effective Urban Reform

By Sumaya Saluja|2022-06-07T10:07:35+02:00May 31st 2022|Multi Stakeholder Partnerships, Urban & Metropolitan Governance, inclusive cities, liveable cities, participation, South-East Asia|

Sumaya Saluja from The Asia Foundation on inclusion, equality and participatory governance for liveable cities.

The New Face of Bogotá’s Bronx

SPOTLIGHT ON: LIVEABLE CITIES

The New Face of Bogotá’s Bronx

By Gabriel Ortiz van Meerbeke|2022-05-17T12:18:13+02:00May 17th 2022|Youth & Gender, Bogota, Colombia, community-driven development, inclusive cities, liveable cities|

Bogotá's Bronx used to be an area infamous for crime and violence. Gabriel Ortiz van Meerbeke outlines how the arts and the cultural industry are transforming the area into a liveable district.

The Future (and Past) of Cities is Female

SPOTLIGHT ON: WOMEN IN CITIES

The Future (and Past) of Cities is Female

By Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman|2022-03-21T19:51:16+01:00March 15th 2022|Global Urban Debates, Youth & Gender, cities of the future, inclusive cities, Women in Cities|

Who defines our cities? And what are the consequences of these definitions? Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman shares some reflections.

Cities are Key to Changing Course and Transforming Education

Cities are Key to Changing Course and Transforming Education

By Stefania Giannini|2022-01-24T09:44:35+01:00January 24th 2022|Global Urban Debates, Urban & Metropolitan Governance, education and learning, inclusive cities|

The world is at a turning point. The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as an accelerator of technological disruption and inequalities, interlocked with the existential threat of the climate crisis. The only way forward is to transform our future. This is no less than a universal educational project to empower every person from the earliest age and throughout life with the knowledge, competences, and attitudes to live in dignity and act for the common good. Since more than half of humanity lives in urban areas, cities have a major role to play in realising the right to education for citizens throughout the world.

A Sustainable Urban Future: The Role of Early Childhood Education

A Sustainable Urban Future: The Role of Early Childhood Education

By Lilian Atieno Oloo|2022-01-26T11:39:05+01:00January 11th 2022|Youth & Gender, education and learning, inclusive cities, Kenya, Nairobi|

Playing is learning – and a way to teach young children the principles of sustainable urban development. The Toy Library Association of Kenya wants every child and every educational facility to have access to tools for playful education for sustainable development. By Lilian A. Oloo

Refugees in Towns: Strengthening Inclusion Through Education

Refugees in Towns: Strengthening Inclusion Through Education

By Jacob Ewing|2021-12-09T10:06:13+01:00December 9th 2021|Global Urban Debates, inclusive cities, just cities, migration, refugees|

How can cities include refugees and foster their civil participation? Access to education plays a key role. The Refugees in Towns project draws examples of best practices from around the world. By Jacob Ewing

The Future of the Brazilian City Statute

The Future of the Brazilian City Statute

By Anacláudia Rossbach, Roxanne Le Failler, Julia Caminha, Jônatas de Paula and Thomaz Ramalho|2021-09-30T10:42:18+02:00September 30th 2021|Urban & Metropolitan Governance, Brazil, cities of the future, good governance, inclusive cities|

On the 20th anniversary of the City Statute, it is essential to reflect on its legacy of social inclusion in Brazilian cities, recognise its strategic role within national urban frameworks throughout the world and understand how a more radical transformation of our cities can be inspired by mechanisms that this legislation offers.

Lifelong Learning and Participatory Governance: The Learning City Initiative

Lifelong Learning and Participatory Governance: The Learning City Initiative

By Raúl Valdés-Cotera|2021-09-21T10:29:37+02:00September 21st 2021|Multi Stakeholder Partnerships, Urban & Metropolitan Governance, good governance, inclusive cities|

Cities have immense potential to foster capacities for lifelong learning, argues Raúl Valdés-Cotera from the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

Blended Data Infrastructures and Localisation: Smart Urbanism in the Age of Pandemic

Blended Data Infrastructures and Localisation: Smart Urbanism in the Age of Pandemic

By Jaideep Gupte|2021-08-16T18:01:58+02:00August 11th 2021|Smart & Digital Development, Urban Health, cities of the future, inclusive cities, Urban poor|

Smart city initiatives have played an increasingly prominent role in urban planning. However, there remains a fundamental gap between data driven urban governance and promoting inclusivity. Jaideep Gupte argues that cities that prioritise citizens over technologies are likely to be the ‘smartest’ and most liveable.

Cities Of The Future – More Than Just Flying Cars

Cities Of The Future – More Than Just Flying Cars

By Christopher Dekki|2021-08-16T18:03:03+02:00August 5th 2021|Global Urban Debates, Green & Smart Development, Urban Mobility, cities of the future, inclusive cities|

Christopher Dekki outlines why inclusivity should be at the centre of future urban planning.

Spatial Fragmentation in Nairobi City; the Elephant in the Room

Spatial Fragmentation in Nairobi City; the Elephant in the Room

By Eunice Nthambi Jimmy|2021-04-29T10:41:05+02:00April 29th 2021|Urban & Metropolitan Governance, Africa, inclusive cities, Kenya, Nairobi|

Nairobi is recognised to be among the rapidly urbanising and growing economies in East and Central Africa. Eunice Jimmy reviews the city's spatial, economic, and social structure, uncovering its dual nature of formal/informal, planned/unplanned, and connected/disconnected fragments, hence Nairobi's spatial fragmentation.

Sparking Transformation Towards Inclusive Cities in a Post-Pandemic World

Sparking Transformation Towards Inclusive Cities in a Post-Pandemic World

By Ramola Naik Singru|2021-04-27T11:03:33+02:00April 27th 2021|Economic Development, Smart & Digital Development, Georgia, inclusive cities, urban planning|

The global pandemic presents us with many challenges. But the current digital transformation may also be a powerful tool for inclusive city planning. Ramola Naik Singru from the Asian Development Bank highlights key learnings.

Equal Access for All in Amman, Jordan

Equal Access for All in Amman, Jordan

By Asia A. M. Yaghi|2021-04-22T08:15:36+02:00April 22nd 2021|Decent Work, Urban Health, Amman, inclusive cities, Jordan|

Amman's infrastructure is not accessible to everyone. This has far-reaching consequences for people with disabilities – their everyday lives, their education, and their employment. Asia Yaghi analyses challenges and options.

Rethinking “Fortress Europe”: Public Spaces from Idomeni to Thessaloniki, Greece

Rethinking “Fortress Europe”: Public Spaces from Idomeni to Thessaloniki, Greece

By Isabell Enssle|2021-04-20T08:45:40+02:00April 20th 2021|Global Urban Debates, Urban & Metropolitan Governance, Greece, inclusive cities, migration, public space, Thessaloniki|

After years of ongoing crisis, the once called temporary measures at the EU borders have become constant ones: the Fortress Europe has solidified. Isabell Enssle presents the effects the fortified border has for communities and public spaces from the North Macedonian-Greek borderline to the city of Thessaloniki, linking them with a tool kit for inclusive public spaces.