Cities of the World
24/05/2020 09:00
COVID-19 is very much an urban disease. What does this mean for the world’s fastest urbanizing region, Africa?
African governments and citizens are today facing head-on the risks posed by the pandemic in African cities (slums as potential transmission hotbeds) as well as the consequences (reduction...
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01/04/2020 00:01
In the aftermath of the 10th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10), held in Abu Dhabi on 8-13 February 2020, Daniel Biau was interviewed by the President of “Urbanistes sans Frontières” (Urbanists without Borders) and Founder of Global Urban Think Tank, Maggie Cazal, regarding the evolution of...
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01/04/2020 00:00
Au lendemain de la 10eme session du Forum Urbain Mondial (FUM10), qui s’est tenue à Abu Dhabi du 8 au 13 février 2020, Daniel Biau a été interviewé par la Présidente d’Urbanistes sans Frontières et Fondatrice du Global Urban Think Tank, Maggie Cazal, à propos de l’évolution des idées sur les défis...
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01/11/2019 12:00
The 3rd International Conference on National Urban Policy took place in Nairobi on 28-31 October 2019. Daniel Biau delivered the attached keynote speech at the opening session.
Keynote Address ICNUP3.pdf
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01/07/2019 23:59
Today the world counts 7.7 billion inhabitants of which 4.3 billion live in cities (56 % of the total population). In 1980 there were 4.4 billion people of which only 1.7 billion lived in cities (39 %). In 2050, the projections predict 9.8 billion people including 6.7 billion urban dwellers (68...
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07/10/2016 08:00
The UN Conferences on « Cities and other Human Settlements » take place every 20 years (Vancouver 1976, Istanbul 1996, Quito 2016). They constitute important landmarks, identifying urban challenges, opportunities, problems, and proposing principles and solutions applicable all over the...
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01/10/2016 18:45
In October 2016, "The Thinker", the South African quarterly magazine, published the attached analysis which summarizes the challenges facing African Cities and proposes a Plan of Action for re-inventing these troubled cities.
TheThinker on African Cities.pdf (802058)
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06/07/2016 10:09
PCM N⁰ 879 - Août/Septembre 2016
De Vancouver 1976 et Istanbul 1996 à Quito 2016,
La continuité des défis urbains et des engagements politiques
Les démographes prévoient une stabilisation de la population mondiale autour de dix milliards d’humains vers 2070 dont une large...
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10/05/2016 18:33
As part of the preparation of the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – Habitat III (Quito, October 2016), the Kingdom of Morocco, represented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Policy, has organized in Rabat on 11-12 May 2016, in cooperation with...
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10/05/2016 18:27
Dans le cadre de la préparation de la troisième Conférence des Nations Unies sur le Logement et le Développement Urbain Durable – Habitat III (Quito, octobre 2016) le Royaume du Maroc, représenté par le Ministère de l’Habitat et de la Politique de la Ville, a organisé à Rabat les 11 et 12 mai...
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