WASHINGTON, – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $400 million in financing for a new project that will provide safely managed water, sanitation and basic hygiene services, and help improve the institutional and financial performance of local urban administration in Punjab province.
Written by Alejandro Restrepo Montoya Published on Medellín's urban plan focuses on answering how urban planning can improve people's quality of life. By developing its proposal, the ...
Government investments in infrastructure in Nigeria will remain insufficient as urban populations grow. Frederic Soltan/Getty Images All these pressures, combined with poor planning, make life ...
The Djibouti Integrated Slum Upgrading Project, launched in 2018, aims to improve living conditions in deprived urban areas in Djibouti City and to strengthen the capacity of public institutions responsible for implementing the Zero Slum Program.
Investments in adaptation will also save over 130,000 lives from extreme heat impacts by 2050. With over 50 percent of the urban infrastructure required for 2050 still to be built, India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban infrastructure development. “The imperative for India to build resilient cities at scale is clear.
The new research shows that using generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT and Google's Gemini could improve city planning by enhancing access to tools that help measure walkability, safety, ...
Penn Live: Urban planning is often overlooked as a career – here are some ways to change that | Opinion
Urban planning is often overlooked as a career – here are some ways to change that | Opinion
World Bank: Technical Deep Dive on Urban Planning and Land for Growth — Promoting Sustainable Growth through Effective Land Use and Planning
Technical Deep Dive on Urban Planning and Land for Growth — Promoting Sustainable Growth through Effective Land Use and Planning
The Citizen on MSN: Urban planning sector faces integrity test amid skills gap
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s urban planning sector is grappling with a growing challenge as unqualified practitioners and firms increasingly take on key development projects, raising concerns over ...
The Conversation: Nigeria’s cities are growing fast: family planning must be part of urban development plans
Nigeria’s cities are growing fast: family planning must be part of urban development plans
The projects, covering housing and urban growth, are now under feasibility and ministry reviewSix transport projects aim to ease congestion and improve connectivity, while two housing projects target ...
Chicago Tribune: David Perry, UIC professor and expert in urban planning issues, dies
The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs by building urban infrastructure and strengthening municipal services.
Discover how the Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program created 1.15 million jobs with World Bank support.
How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs
This report highlights the substantial investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries. These investments are crucial to strengthen essential infrastructure, unlock new jobs, and ensure more sustainable urban development. Resilient and low ...
Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes.
Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City
A new World Bank-financed investment will enhance mobility and accessibility in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, unlocking economic opportunities and creating over 10,000 new jobs by 2030, while boosting the city’s economic output by 2%.
New World Bank Financing Set to Revamp Dodoma’s Urban Mobility and ...
Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization The joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization, includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanization: 1. Reforming land management and institutions Because most of the urban expansion in recent ...
Nature-based solutions like urban farming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate challenges including urban heat, flooding, and air pollution. But how can governments and communities determine which nature-based solutions best meet their needs? In Kinshasa, indigenous knowledge, innovative tools, and proactive local government are helping to answer the question.
Urban digital twins are transforming how smart cities plan, operate and adapt to future challenges. Urban digital twins use real-time data, advanced analytics, and AI to help city planners visualize ...
When students at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati were asked back in 2016 what part of their school they’d like to improve, they identified Coy Field – an athletic field they use for baseball, ...
Urbanization is reshaping economies and societies worldwide. More than half of the global population now lives in cities, a share expected to reach 68 percent by 2050. Cities generate about 70 percent ...
Evolving theories in urban design seek to reframe how cities are built and experienced. As theory and practice grows more empathetic towards the needs of its diverse stakeholders, queer urban design ...
ArchDaily: To Live Well in High-Density Cities: Connections of Urban Density and Public Health
To Live Well in High-Density Cities: Connections of Urban Density and Public Health
David Perry headed the University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities Institute for 12 years and was considered an expert on issues including urban and regional economic development, race, politics and ...