NYU Urban Expansion Program
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Working with a “stakes-in-the-ground” approach, focused on real and tangible results in rapidly growing cities to face urban expansion, density, and resiliency.
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02-04-2020 18:47:40
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How can secondary #cities in #Africa cope with #urbanization, improve #migration management and #refugee integration? Check out key outcomes of our Kampala Regional Forum👇 EU in Uganda Swiss Development and Cooperation NYU Urban Expansion Program Ministry of Lands,Housing and Urban Development Fondazione AVSI IGAD Secretariat shar.es/aWM6Sl
Join NYU Urban Expansion Program next week at #WUF11. Learn more about the team's programming: marroninstitute.nyu.edu/events
We're here at World Urban Forum in Katowice! Come here about the Rapid Planning Toolkit and other innovative planning tools today at 4.30pm in Multifunction Hall Room 19 (not 20!) @PrincesFound NYU Urban Expansion Program UN-Habitat CommonwealthPlanners CLGF Commonwealth Association of Architects
🗨️A recent World Economic Forum report shows that 423 cities in the world are likely to expand into #biodiversity hotspots. We need to act & plan to protect those areas while also #making #room for new city dwellers 👉Nicolás Galarza MinAmbiente Colombia #WUF11 #UrbanExpansion➡️shar.es/afoATE
The NYU Urban Expansion Program team assisted Fedesarrollo in reforming the policy and legal frameworks of territorial planning in Colombia to comply with the Paris Agreement, with funding from UK PACT. Learn more: marroninstitute.nyu.edu/blog/urban-exp…
Come and learn about how to do Step 1 of the Rapid Planning Toolkit today in Room 6 of Multifunction Hall at World Urban Forum with Marron Institute
It’s not too late to join our training session at World Urban Forum Multifunction Hall Room 6! We are hearing from @BolgarB about the Rapid Planning Toolkit #sustainableurbanisation Marron Institute UN-Habitat @PrincesFound
Some great group work going on calculating urban growth and density using Jinja, Uganda as a case study as part of the training session at World Urban Forum … a vital part of Step 1 of the Rapid Planning Toolkit
How can cities use #UrbanExpansion planning to accommodate new #migrants and manage spatial #growth? Small investments might be part of the answer. Check out our 🆕publication with a focus on #Ethiopia & #Uganda. Swiss Development and Cooperation NYU Urban Expansion Program Marron Institute shar.es/affkLN
"Much as [cities] are self-organized and self-correcting, they remain vulnerable, now more than before. They require our thoughtful and loving attention. There is too much at stake to just let them be and go about our business." -NYU Urban Expansion Program's Solly Angel. wsj.com/articles/imagi…
“In order to have more open space, you have to make it possible to build higher. That’s the main way of removing that conflict.” - NYU Urban Expansion Program’s Solly Angel.
Congratulations to Constantine E. Kontokosta and NYU Urban Expansion Program! Learn more about the potential for impact from this work: marroninstitute.nyu.edu/blog/constanti…
“Density is mostly about mitigating climate change. Green space is mostly about adapting and dealing with climate change. So what you need is to preserve enough area in greenery to absorb precipitation, for example,” - NYU Urban Expansion Program's Solly Angel.
Director of NYU Urban Expansion Program, Solly Angel, gave the keynote address at the Building Together community, a self-help and mutual-aid housing project, in Bangkok, to celebrate its 44th birthday with 350 community members, their families, and friends. Learn more: marroninstitute.nyu.edu/blog/solly-ang…
Marron researchers, Constantine E. Kontokosta, NYU Urban Expansion Program, & Bartosz Bończak, secured funding from Land Economics Foundation to study the impact of #RemoteWork on urban landscapes. Stay tuned for insights on urban workspace demand, real estate prices, & more: marroninstitute.nyu.edu/blog/marron-re…