Urban Environment

Afloat: Bangladesh adapts to climate change

’In the nighttime we are sleeping, but we are all afraid of big storms, because then we might all die. There is water everywhere. We are in the middle.’

Video: Water was a Dream - part 1 of 4

'Water was a Dream' is a film describing IIED-America Latina's involvement in the improvement of water supply and sanitation services in three low-income urban settlements of Buenos Aires. It illustrates the challenges and strategies, and examines the key issues related to working in collaboration, using information as a driver for change, finance mechanisms, and scaling up.

Expert Group Meeting on Population Dynamics and Climate Change

London. June 09

Papers from this meeting are now available as downloadable pdfs.

New issue of Environment and Urbanization: City governance and citizen action II

The April 2009 issue of Environment and Urbanization is on the theme of City Governance and Citizen Action. It includes an editorial and several papers discussing the roles of mayors and civil servants in addressing urban poverty. This includes interviews with Mayor Liftchitz, now in his second term in Rosario in Argentina and with four mayors in Colombia.

Partner News

IIED -América Latina have produced a video 'El Agua era un Sueño' (water was a dream) in English.

New Issue (Spanish) Medio Ambiente y Urbanizacion: Ni

MAyU is the sister journal of Environment and Urbanization and is published by IIED América Latina

Issues dating back to 2003 can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iieal/meda/.

Video: Water was a Dream - part 4 of 4

'Water was a Dream' is a film describing IIED-America Latina's involvement in the improvement of water supply and sanitation services in three low-income urban settlements of Buenos Aires.

Video: Water was a Dream - part 3 of 4

'Water was a Dream' is a film describing IIED-America Latina's involvement in the improvement of water supply and sanitation services in three low-income urban settlements of Buenos Aires.

Video: Water was a Dream - part 2 of 4

'Water was a Dream' is a film describing IIED-America Latina's involvement in the improvement of water supply and sanitation services in three low-income urban settlements of Buenos Aires.

World Urban Forum

Fourth session of the World Urban Forum, 03 - 06 November 2008, Nanjing, China

Theme: Harmonious Urbanization: The Challenge of Balanced Territorial Development
 

Nanjing, China

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