Urban planning
Alternative labels
Urban policy
Urban design
City planning
Urban development
Urban areas
Journal article
Built environment interventions for human and planetary health: integrating health in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Built environment interventions must move beyond simple ecological sustainability to encouraging ways of life that are healthy for both humans and the planet. There are key challenges facing this new approach.
Report
Global Public Space Programme – annual report 2018
UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme, launched in 2012, is now active in more than 30 cities across the world. The programme’s objective is to promote public spaces as a keystone for sustainable cities to ensure a good quality of life for all. This is done through policy guides, capacity building, knowledge sharing, carrying out advocacy...
Report
The potential of new technologies to disrupt housing policy
This study examined disruptive digital technologies, investigating their potential for reshaping housing markets and reconfiguring housing policy. It provides housing policy makers and practitioners with a nuanced understanding of how technology is already restructuring housing markets and affecting housing assistance programs, as well as insights into likely future developments.
Article
Why autonomous vehicles won’t reduce our dependence on cars in cities
While public transport remains marginalised in policy and practice, private cars will continue to dominate the way we travel.
Report
Green track for Parramatta light rail: a review
Green track is a vegetative layer composed of turf, grasses or groundcovers, planted into (i.e. between and parallel) light rail track beds. This review assesses the viability of establishing green track as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project by Transport for New South Wales.