Making arts central in a regional Australian community

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

The small municipality of Pinhais in Southern Brazil is implementing food and nutrition security programs in urban schools and backyards.

Cities for the Future The Cities Programme's lead bi-annual publication of innovative practice from Global Compact city participants. Features practices and projects that address cross-cutting critical issues such as: – governance, ethics, transparency and citizen participation – womens’ empowerment – food security – climate, environment and water – poverty and inequity – CSR and the...

O Projeto do Parque Agroindustrial de Base Tecnológica, desenvolvido pela Secretaria de Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão do município, o projeto baseia-se em pilares relacionados ao aproveitamento de expertises locais, inovação, tecnologia e desenvolvimento socioeconômico e sustentabilidade. Connected Cities Actions

Presentation used in the UN Global Compact - Cities Programme side event on City Scan diagnostic tools. Global Infrastructure Basel presented on their standard, SURE. Actions

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...