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Commentary
Five keys to a healthy and liveable city
Jeff Risom October 24, 2017
Public Participation
In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power
How Indonesia's biggest megacity is making it easier for residents to make their wants and needs heard.
Patralekha Chatterjee October 12, 2017
Urban Planning & Design
Criticism of India’s Smart Cities Mission is mounting
A push for 100 ‘smart’ cities is neglecting needs for basic services and putting India’s poorest at risk of eviction, a report says.
Patralekha Chatterjee August 21, 2017
Public Participation
Using Minecraft to engage the public and plan better public spaces
How a popular video game became an urban planning tool.
Carlin Carr July 28, 2017
Philanthropy
Foundations see a bigger role to play in the future of cities
4 takeaways on urban philanthropy from a global gathering of foundations.
Christopher Swope June 20, 2017
Public Participation
Photo-powered ‘urban diaries’ offer visual tool for guiding change
April 27, 2017
Public Participation
Seeing Indian cities through the eyes of children
At a conference known as Urban 95, city leaders consider how cities work for those who are 95 centimetres tall -- the average height of a healthy 3-year old.
Patralekha Chatterjee April 21, 2017
Commentary
Yes, ‘govtech’ can change the way cities function
New lessons in open government from Paris.
Tatiana de Feraudy April 3, 2017
Explainer
Explainer: The challenges of measuring cities’ progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
Data gaps. Capacity questions. A guide to the major issues cities are facing.
Brendon Bosworth March 7, 2017
Public Participation
India’s tech capital looks underground for answers to its water shortage
‘Participatory aquifer mapping’ in Bengaluru aims to engage citizens in strategies for using groundwater wisely.
Patralekha Chatterjee February 10, 2017
Public Participation
The people power behind Mexico City’s new constitution
An experiment in public participation as a more autonomous era dawns in Mexico's capital city.
Gregory Scruggs February 3, 2017
Public Participation
Citizen data can play a key role in monitoring the SDGs — by following a few rules
Report lays out guidelines just as data has moved to top of international agenda.
David Hatch January 24, 2017
Commentary
How do we involve the public in implementing the SDGs?
This German initiative is looking to cities.
Claudia Schwegmann January 23, 2017
SDGs
3 cities show ways to make local progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
From hyper-local food production to city-wide urban developments, concrete examples of ways cities are taking action.
Athlyn Cathcart-Keays January 19, 2017
Citisignal
City leaders praise participatory budgeting, report says

Improved civic engagement and political prospects are among the upsides, though challenges can include staffing demands, Public Agenda says.

December 16, 2016
Open Government
What cities hope to do in the Open Government Partnership
An initiative to bring more transparency to national governments has begun working with 15 'subnational' authorities as well.
Christopher Swope December 14, 2016
Measuring Progress
Data capacity looms over implementation of urban development goals
Even rich countries will struggle to monitor progress and inform policymaking. But momentum is picking up to fill this gap.
Brendon Bosworth November 30, 2016
Citisignal
Kigali mayor shares master urban plan with villagers

The expansion of the central business district’s car-free zone is among the agenda topics, The New Times reports. 

November 15, 2016
Citiscope Feature
How the Netherlands turns transparency with property values into trust with taxpayers
Lessons from one of the world's most sophisticated systems for valuing and taxing property.
Letty Reimerink November 4, 2016
Around Quito
Quito highway plan pits need to move traffic against sustainability
The primary tunnel in and out of Quito is too congested. As the city works with a Chinese firm on an expansion plan, critics are concerned it will create more traffic and displace residents.
Johnny Magdaleno October 20, 2016
Research
What do Quito residents think about Habitat III? This data project has the answers.
An initiative is collecting data with a mobile app and visualizing it with balloons and a map.
Brendon Bosworth October 20, 2016
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