Planetary stewardship in an urbanizing world: beyond city limits Reflecting on cities and leadership
A global fingerprint of macro-scale changes in urban structure from 1999 to 2009
Global forecasts of urban expension to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools
The vertical farm: a keystone concept for the ecocity: Dickson Despommier at TEDx Warwick 2013
Beyond urban legends: an emerging framework of urban ecology Smart Cities
Cities gobbling up huge land masses Urban Sprawl The end of sprawl Urban
Hybrid energy storage system for urban use Turning the urban challenge into an opportunity
10 messages for 2010 - urban ecosystems Financing the Resilient City
Housing sales data used to estimate value of urban natural resouces
The economics of change - catalyzing the investment shift toward a restorative built environment
Planning, connecting and financing cities - now: priorities for city leaders
How to make cities more resilient Resilient cities 2012 Making cities resilient
UN recognizes Barcelona as role model city Skyscaper green retrofits guide
Building urban resilience to climate change: what works where, and why
Cities at night revealed by NASA-NOAA satellite
Iskandar: Malaysia may offer model for global growth New building guidelines proposed to clean up city air
State of the world's cities 2012/2013: prosperity of cities World Urbanization Prospects - the 2011 revision
World cities come up with a five-point action plan to work together for sustainable development and disaster risk reduction
World Habitat Day ceremony draws thousands 3D planning tool for the city of tomorrow
Climate-proofing tomorrow’s cities, today Urban climate adaptation planning
How vulnerable could your city be to climate impacts? City planning for climate change
Floods, heat, migration: How extreme weather will transform cities
Urban environment - SOER 2010 Thematic assessment
Urban planning for city leaders Urban anthologies - Learning from our cities
Unplanned urbanization increasing flood impacts Cities and Flooding Guidebook How to build a flood-resilient city
Modeling reveals significant climatic impacts of megapolitan expansion Stewart Brand on squatter cities
Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor Implications of urban structure on carbon consumption in metropolitan areas
Adapting to Climate Change: Cities and the Urban Poor Strengthening Climate Change in Urban Education
Urban Risk Assessments Using high resolution satellite data for the identification of urban natural disaster risk
Architecture for disaster reduction and reconstruction, 5th i-Rec student competition
Europe:
Urbanization impacts on the climate in Europe Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns
Europe's future depends on cities resilient to climate change Mediterranean cities adapt to climate change
Climate change and flood risk in Europe Helsinki: the prospects for urban densification
Venice hasn't stopped sinking after all Alpine cities feel heat from climate change
Africa:
Cape Town: What it takes to be a role model city
North African Coastal Cities Address Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Green Hills, Blue Cities: an ecosystems approach to water resources management for African cities
Soon every African village will know what the weather may bring
The state of Arab cities 2012 - challenges of urban transition
Asia:
Climate Resilience and Sustainable Urban Development in ADB Pacific Development Member Countries
Building Urban Resilience in East Asia 25 years of Partnerships in Building Safer Communities in Asia
First civilian photogrammetric UAV flight over Singapore
UNISDR and China launch new urban resilience award Beijing necessitates risk analysis
China works to implement standard digital city framework UN Shanghai Manual launches to guide urban futures
Americas:
Hurricane Sandy and the case for resilient design
New York's carbon emissions - in real time The Mannahatta Project - New York before the city
Mid-century warming in the Los Angeles region Vancouver plans to face climate change head-on
Preparing US community greenhouse gas inventories for climate action plans
Study maps greenhouse gas emissions to building, street level for US cities Major US city post-oil preparedness ranking
Linkages between population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk: a regional vision of Latin America