It’s a wrap! The SCI Network Africa Program comes to an end
Sustainable Cities wishes to express our sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed to the remarkable success of our SCI Network Africa Program! At the end of October 2012, our contract and funding...
View ArticleSustainable Cities launches a paper on indicators for sustainability
How cities are monitoring and evaluating their success The call for cities to engage in best practices for sustainable planning has increased. Sustainability is no longer a buzzword but a reality that...
View ArticlePlanting the Seeds for Community Engagement in Los Cabos: A Comprehensive...
By Daniel Ross ~~ One of the most fundamental concepts to any multi-stakeholder process is the enormous contribution that citizens can have. The people who live, work, and play in and around public...
View ArticleUrban Density & Community: Connecting & Engaging Vancouver Citizens
By Mark Carras ~ ~ City planners and sustainable development practitioners often advocate for creating dense urban areas as a component of developing more sustainable cities. They cite studies that...
View ArticleCycling infrastructure in Cabo San Lucas: strategy, challenges and opportunities
By Simon L’Allier ~ ~ The majority of my time working with IMPLAN Los Cabos has been spent planning a network of bicycle infrastructure for the city of Cabo San Lucas. This blog entry outlines the...
View ArticleFrom Household Actions to Community Strategies: Managing Flood Risk in Dakar,...
Clara Ganemtoré, one of the first participants in SCI’s Affiliated Researcher Program (ARP), recently completed her Master’s degree in regional and urban planning at the London School of Economics....
View ArticleFinding a New Perspective on Urban Resilience
A final blog post from Clara Ganemtoré, one of the first participants in SCIs Affiliated Researcher Program (ARP). Clara recently completed her Master’s degree in regional and urban planning at the...
View ArticleVideo: Urban Agriculture in Dar es Salaam
We are pleased to feature a wonderful video written and produced by Tanya Hubbard, one of our recent SCI interns. Filmed, directed and edited by Shaine Jones, this is a visual story that highlights...
View Article“Social Sustainability”: Clarity is in the Context
Freya Kristensen is a PhD candidate in the department Geography at Simon Fraser University and a researcher with the SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development. Her work examines how...
View ArticleThe Quiet Evolution of Water Planning
Erik Porse is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to analysis and modeling of...
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