Making Resettlement Work through Partnerships The Southville 7 community in the Philippines shows how different sectors of society worked successfully together to turn a basic housing project into a livable community for 5,000 resettled families.
Tapping Urban Potential for Economic Growth Systematic and sustainable urban development will help support Georgia’s national strategy for unlocking its full growth potential through urban planning and balanced regional development.
A Plan for Making Cities Competitive, Environmentally Sound and Socially Equitable The GrEEEn Cities Initiative brings together policies, strategies, sector plans, regulations, financial incentives, technologies, governance institutions, civil society, and private sector interventions.
How to Create an Airtight Solution to Pollution The Clean Air Scorecard Tool helped the most polluted cities to identify gaps in air quality management and introduce measures to rectify them.
Transforming Landfills into Profitable Green Space Find out how carbon credit financing helped turn a dump site in Mumbai, India into a green landscape.
Creating Green Spaces in a Congested City Guangzhou's Donghaochong Greenway is one of the best examples in the People's Republic of China for improving public space and mobility in a highly populated city.
Three Steps to Tackle Traffic Gridlock It takes just three steps—avoid, shift, and improve—for Asia's cities to solve their growing traffic problems and get them moving again.
Car-Free Days Can Give Big Cities Room to Breathe Ciclovia, Bogota's car-free days, has inspired more than 100 cities to make space for walking and cycling to improve public health and the environment.
A Strategy for Creating a Bicycle-Friendly City Colombia’s capital Bogota has made it safe and easy to travel by bicycle to work or school by creating a 376-kilometer grid of bike paths, called CicloRutas.
What the World's First Bus Rapid Transit System Can Teach Us Curitiba, Brazil pioneered the use of bus rapid transit and paved the way for other countries in Latin America and around the world.