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Quality of Life: Livability in Future Cities

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This urban planning course will focus on four areas that directly affect livability in a city: Urban energy, urban climate, urban ecology and urban mobility. The course begins by presenting measurable criteria for the assessment of livability, and how to positively influence the design of cities towards greater livability. We will focus on this basic topic of the human habitat in a holistic way, and introduce possibilities of participatory urban design by citizens, leading towards the development of a citizen design science.

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Organising grassroots initiatives for a more inclusive governance: Constructing the city from below

Available in English

The project examines how grassroots organizations and networks providing urban critical services in informal settlements contribute to improve the quality of life of urban dwellers and to more inclusi...

Developed by Swedish International Centre for Local D...

Posted by Maria Jansson

Case studies and best practices

Local Economic Development Training Module

Available in English

In order for Local Economic Development (LED) to be effective, we need to identify and consider the community’s economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and agree a shared strategy....

Developed by United Cities and Local Governments ASPA...

Posted by UCLG ASPAC

Tools : Capacity Strengthening

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