After several years at I2UD, first as a Northeastern co-op student and then as a research associate, Carolina Morgan is currently pursuing a dual masters degree in urban planning and real estate development at MIT. This summer, Carolina embarked upon an internship with one of the largest developers-Conservatorio- in Casco...
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
I2UD Completes Municipal Development Plans in Belize
In July 2014 I2UD completed an 18-month World Bank financed project to support the drafting of municipal development plans for seven municipalities in Belize. An inter-disciplinary team from the Institute supported Local Planning Working Groups (LPWGs) in the municipalities of Belmopan, Benque Viejo del Carmen, Corozal, Dangriga, Orange Walk, Punta...
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Upcoming Conference: “Urban Renewal Projects – from design to city transformation projects” in Tirana, Albania
John Driscoll will represent I2UD on a panel at the “Urban Renewal Projects – from design to city transformation projects” in Tirana, Albania from September 29 to 30th. The two-day event supported by the USAID Planning and Local Governance Program (PLGP) will include participation of local, regional and international experts....
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Fall 2014 Newsletter
I2UD COMPLETES MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN BELIZE In July 2014 I2UD completed an 18-month World Bank financed project to support the drafting of municipal development plans for seven municipalities in Belize. An inter-disciplinary team from the Institute supported Local Working Planning Groups (LPWGs) in the municipalities...
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Mona Serageldin to participate on panel discussion at Boston University’s conference, “The Future is Now: Urban Asia in the 21st Century.”
Mona Serageldin will participate along with other urban experts on a panel titled “The Politics of the City,” which will tackle contemporary issues of governance and the range of techniques deployed by governments that engender and attempt to manage social and political conflict. This panel seeks to affirm the notion...
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Latin American Climate Change Adaptation Reports to be Published in Spanish
Two recent Lincoln Institute of Land policy working papers written by I2UD staff focusing on climate change adaptation in Latin American communities have been translated into Spanish. The first of these studies explores land use planning responses to climate change-driven water shortages in El Alto, Bolivia, the sister city of...
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Upcoming Conference: Prepcom I at UN Headquarters in New York
As an NGO with special consultative status with UN-ECOSOC, the Institute is preparing to attend the first Preparatory Committee (PrepCom I) in the lead up to Habitat III – the United Nation’s third conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, set to take place in 2016. Habitat III will build...
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Forthcoming publication: E-governance and Urban Policy Design in Developing Countries
I2UD, together with our partners at Co-PLAN Institute for Habitat Development in Tirana, Albania have drafted a chapter to be included in a forthcoming publication dealing with e-governance mechanisms and urban policy design sponsored by UN-Habitat and FUPOL. The Future Policy Modeling consortium (FUPOL) is a European Union project integrating...
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Barbara Summers: I2UD’s Intern Working on Climate Change Adaptation
As part of our new initiative to expand the Institute’s activities related to climate change adaptation and resilience building in low-income communities and emerging countries, I2UD is pleased to introduce our aptly named summer intern, Barbara Summers! Barbara joins I2UD as a recent graduate from Cornell University with a Masters...
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Upcoming conference: “The role of cities in fighting climate change”
Senior Fellow Jim Kostaras is traveling to Lima, Peru this month to speak at a conference on sustainable cities and climate change adaptation, organized by the Municipality of Lima and the Peruvian Ministry of Environment. He will be representing the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy speaking on the financing of...
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