URBANET

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URBANET is a weblog that promotes international dialogue on sustainable urban development. The weblog offers a platform for experts around the globe to exchange knowledge and experiences and provides insight into topics such as decentralisation, just transition and reducing inequalities.

AI and Hidden Gender Bias in Urban LifeNew

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AI could have groundbreaking effects on urban safety – if it had all of our cities’ inhabitants ...

Lizzette Soria Sotelo

How to Design Cities Against Violence?New

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From exclusion to control, architecture can be a powerful tool of oppression. In a fierce manifesto, ...

Jorge Javier

The Global Housing CrisisNew

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The global housing crisis is a disaster – and it’s unjust. Ariana Karamallis argues for radical change ...

Ariana Karamallis

Quezon City Climate EmergencyNew

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In 2019, Quezon City, Philippines, declared a climate emergency, recognising the need ...

Ma. Josefina G. Belmonte