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Key Messages from the ICLEI Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Forum in Melaka, Malaysia, March 2016

By Renard Teipelke The following are a couple of key messages and interesting thoughts from the ICLEI Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Forum, held in Melaka, Malaysia, 2-4 March 2016. On capacities and partnership: There will always be trade-offs for convincing actors … Continue reading

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Quick Review: WEF’s Top Ten Urban Innovations

By Renard Teipelke The Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities (World Economic Forum) published a short overview report on the “Top Ten Urban Innovations” last month (October 2015). Let’s see what these innovations are and let’s pose one … Continue reading

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Pick of Day: UN-Habitat Launches “Urban Data” Web Portal

By Renard Teipelke During its 25th Governing Council, UN-Habitat launched its “Urban Data” web portal. It provides extensive data sets and indicators of 220 countries and 741 cities across the globe. Managed under the Global Urban Observatory, these various types … Continue reading

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Measure It, Compare It, Monitor It

By Renard Teipelke Is there still a topic about ‘the urban’ which is left to be put into a new index!? Probably yes, but the key aspects have already been indexed abundantly. It is very likely the case that we … Continue reading

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