Investments in adaptation will also save over 130,000 lives from extreme heat impacts by 2050. With over 50 percent of the urban infrastructure required for 2050 still to be built, India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban infrastructure development. “The imperative for India to build resilient cities at scale is clear.
Directions Magazine: ArcGIS Urban Brings Digital Twin Technology to City Planning and Zoning
Redlands, California — Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, has announced the development of ArcGIS Urban, a new city planning solution designed to help planners, developers and engineers ...
londonlovesbusiness.com: Why GIS matters in modern infrastructure and urban planning: Building smarter, future-ready cities
Why GIS matters in modern infrastructure and urban planning: Building smarter, future-ready cities
Yahoo: Urban planning conference in Portland talks loss of federal transportation funding
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order declaring 2026 as the “Year of Urban Planning and Architecture” in ...
Los Angeles Times: Letters to the Editor: Poor urban planning, not a lack of policing, is downtown L.A.’s problem
Letters to the Editor: Poor urban planning, not a lack of policing, is downtown L.A.’s problem
Arabian Business: Qatar updates building regulations to enhance housing quality and urban planning
The Kingston Whig-Standard: Christopher Balter Introduces the Christopher Balter Second Chance Community Impact Scholarship to Advance Community Development, Urban Planning, and Public Service Careers ...
Christopher Balter Introduces the Christopher Balter Second Chance Community Impact Scholarship to Advance Community Development, Urban Planning, and Public Service Careers ...
The Times of India: A 2,000-year-old underwater city found in Turkey shows advanced urban planning
Free Press Journal: NGT Slams Tree Base Concretisation In Bhopal, Orders Eco-Friendly Urban Planning
The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs by building urban infrastructure and strengthening municipal services.
Discover how the Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program created 1.15 million jobs with World Bank support.
How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs
This report highlights the substantial investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries. These investments are crucial to strengthen essential infrastructure, unlock new jobs, and ensure more sustainable urban development. Resilient and low ...
Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes.
Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City
Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization The joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization, includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanization: 1. Reforming land management and institutions Because most of the urban expansion in recent ...
The Djibouti Integrated Slum Upgrading Project, launched in 2018, aims to improve living conditions in deprived urban areas in Djibouti City and to strengthen the capacity of public institutions responsible for implementing the Zero Slum Program.
Nature-based solutions like urban farming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate challenges including urban heat, flooding, and air pollution. But how can governments and communities determine which nature-based solutions best meet their needs? In Kinshasa, indigenous knowledge, innovative tools, and proactive local government are helping to answer the question.
A new World Bank-financed investment will enhance mobility and accessibility in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, unlocking economic opportunities and creating over 10,000 new jobs by 2030, while boosting the city’s economic output by 2%.
New World Bank Financing Set to Revamp Dodoma’s Urban Mobility and ...
The Handbook on Urban Heat Management in the Global South provides practical strategies, technical guidance, and real-world solutions to help cities manage extreme urban heat.
The American Planning Association (APA) to host the National Planning Conference (NPC26) in Detroit, April 25 – 28, 2026. At a time when communities around the country are grappling with housing ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles counties offer compelling case studies in urban design. San Diego ...
Central Zone Bench in Bhopal, has issued a strong directive against the concretisation of tree bases during road construction, terming the practice harmful to both trees and the urban environment.