The ESRC-funded ISULabaNtu project – established under the grant Community-led Upgrading for Self-Reliance in South Africa: Integrated Construction and Environmental Management Systems in Informal Settlements – has had a busy year since its launch in February…
Jennifer Robinson A large proportion of urban development in different regions of the world is taking place in mega-urban projects, such as new cities, satellite cities, or large new suburbs within existing cities. These developments are…
Dr Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos When Dilma Rousseff was impeached in August 2016, most Brazilians, and the rest of the world who follows politics in that country, did not expect that events could lead to…
Professor Michael Keith and Dr Igor Calzada, MBA On 14 November 2016 the Urban Transformations programme, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), brought together a range of academics and practitioners from across Europe…
John Drury One article published during the Brexit debate suggested that there was a fear among Governments that the Brexit vote would lead to ‘referendum contagion’. The term ‘contagion’ here denotes not only the idea of…
Gareth Haysom It is only recently that urban food security has been taken up as a major development issue. While the question of urban food security is beginning to receive research attention, the related questions of…
Vanesa Castán Broto Habitat III – the United Nation’s global conference on the future of cities – has come to a close. About 30,000 people gathered in Quito, Ecuador, to discuss the key issues facing cities…
Cathy McIlwaine and Caroline Moser One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private…
Next week, the city of Quito, Ecuador, plays host to the third ever United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development, also known as Habitat III.
The Urban Transformations Network, UK Economic and Social Research Council (UT-ESRC) is partnering with the Conversation to develop a series of articles on publicly funded UK research at the UN Habitat III summit in Quito, Ecuador. We will…
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