Grassroots Organisations and the New Urban Agenda
October 20, 2016
I managed to visit all three major counter events happening in Quito during Habitat III.
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I managed to visit all three major counter events happening in Quito during Habitat III.
The main criticisms regarding the New Urban Agenda are its vagueness, the lacking linkages to the SDGS and former HABITAT documents, the focus on cities, neo-liberal tendencies and a grave shortfall of follow-up mechanisms.
This is my brief account of the European Habitat Conference in Prague, focusing on a keynote on liveable cities by Prof. Jan Gehl.
This guest article from Citiscope explores avenues for participation in HABITAT III documents and gives insights into SDI’s work with community data.
This introduction to the 2016 conference HABITAT III gives an overview of the high hopes for future urban development and partcipatory potentials and shortcomings.
