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A Recap of Fulfilling Habitat Commitments Conference at #PrepComH3
Kota Kita, our partner organization in Indonesia, just released a compilation of our day long conference in Surabaya in July during the...


GUF and The New School at Habitat III
The Global Urban Futures Project was featured on The New School blog. Read more here: http://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2016/10/global-urba...


#SupportRight2City Campaign
The Global Platform for the Right to the City came out with this campaign in time for the Habitat 3 PrepCom in Surabaya this week.


What does the BREXIT mean for the New Urban Agenda?
Mike Cohen, Director of the Global Urban Futures Project, on the British vote to leave the E.U. and what it means for the New Urban...
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Secondary Cities: Neglected Drivers of Growing Economies [Infographic]
While much of the attention in international development and academia has focused on mega and primary cities, rapidly growing secondary...


Climate deal: the pistol has fired, so why aren’t we running?
With the climate talks in Paris now over, the world has set itself a serious goal: limit temperature rise to 1.5C. Or failing that, 2C....


Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all
“The corporatising of access and control over urban land has extended not only to high-end urban sites, but also to the land beneath the...


Cities and the Syrian refugee crisis
In all the column inches on the crisis, one point has barely received a mention: the overwhelming majority of Syrian refugees are not in...


Spatial Justice and the Right to the City – An interview with Edward Soja
JSSJ's interview with Edward Soja on Spatial justice and the right to the city. As someone who has been promoting this spatial turn for...


Visualizing Pace of Urban Expansion
Sustainable Cities Colelctive article titled "Mesmerizing Visualizations Document Pace of Urban Expansionis" shows rapid urban growth of...
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