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One of the problems I have with a lot of what passes for smart infill development - on the whole, a good thing - is that parks and green space are treated as afterthoughts at best, and frequently ignored altogether.

News and analysis of cities around the world

CGLU, seat in barcelona. Llop invovlved. 

Another city network dedicated to the dissemination of strategic planning is UCLG, with more than a thousand member cities. In a recently published guidebook, UCLG (2010) offers detailed recommendations for the implementation of strategic plans, and it seeks to influence institutions such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, several UN organizations, as well as the Commission of the European Union, requesting them to "encourage strategic planning processes providing human, financial and technical resources primarily to small and medium sized cities" (p. 21).

City Design at MIT - The Joint Program in City Design and Development/CDD is is an academic program, a research community, and a forum for debating propositions about the future of city form.

CLUI is a research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues.

Land Use

Institut für Städtebau und Raumplanung Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck Peter Trummer | Univ.-Prof. Arch. DI MScInstitusleiter | head of institute Later, for tool development

News & Information about Cities in Africa

We are experiencing an unprecedented change in the way we live. Populations are growing and expectations changing. We need to make places of habitation that are efficient, culturally appropriate and environmentally accountable. Arup is uniquely placed to provide these places in the 21st century.

UN Habitat public Best Practices Database

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LIVING AT DENSITY: VOICES OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS

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Museum of the City of New York In the old photograph, a lonely farmhouse sits on a rocky hill, shaded by tall trees. The scene looks like rural Maine. On the modern street, apartment buildings tower above trucks and cars passing a busy corner where an AMC Loews multiplex faces an overpriced hamburger joint and a Coach store.

Last year, I spent considerable time researching best practices for climate resilient cities--an endeavor that culminated in what I believe was the first ever global ranking of resilient cities. Now, after extensive research on smart cities initiatives around the globe, I have developed what may be the first ever global rankings of smart cities.