Birigui’s commitment to the Ten Principles

The paper is presented in four parts. Section I outlines the need for the ethical city and charts areas of consistency and contradiction with current city movements. Section II defnes the key tenets of the ethical city as a response to contemporary urban challenges. While recognising that each city is unique and faces, therefore, a...

We Are All Porto Alegre (Todos Somos Porto Alegre) comes from a public policy developed by the Porto Alegre City Hall aimed at improving the incomes and lives of carters and cart pullers. The initiative prepares Human and Animal Traction Vehicle drivers (HTV and ATV) for alternative employment opportunities. Through a gradual reduction of the...

This guide was developed by Cities Programme Research Associate and PhD Candidate at RMIT’s School of Global Urban and Social Studies, Helen Scott. It provides examples of mechanisms that have been implemented by local governments in different parts of the world to engage the private sector in greater corporate responsibility. The guide sketches a range...

In late 2015 the RMIT Climate Change Adaptation Program carried out a survey investigating climate change planning in tertiary sector institutions, as part of the development of a Campus Climate Adaptation Plan for the university. This survey aimed to benchmark the current state of play of climate adaptation planning in the tertiary sector globally, with...

See a selection of our accomplishments; new partnerships and projects; and events from 2016. Last year opened up many new opportunities, which we are seeing unfold already at the beginning of 2017, gaining momentum and setting us up for many valuable collaborations ahead.

Researchers in Melbourne, Australia, are confronting the challenges of urban growth, working to create the paradigm shift required in urban design and planning to better nurture nature in city development. Connected Cities