The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held its first ever Integration Segment this spring on the theme of sustainable urbanization. In response to the themes and issues that were discussed in New York from May 27-29, I2UD prepared a contribution to the dialogue which can be downloaded at...
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I2UD supports Codman Academy students’ engagement with the image of Dorchester
Last month, I2UD reached out to teachers at Codman Academy in Dorchester to help prepare a submission to the Boston Public Space Invitational, sponsored by the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics. The school’s French class has been very vocal about their to disagreement with a travel advisory issued...
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Jim Kostaras Writes Editorial for Boston Globe
In November 2013, Boston elected a new mayor for the first time in 20 years, prompting calls for wide-ranging reforms in the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the city’s powerful planning and development department. Many of the mayoral candidates in the general election vowed to totally overhaul the BRA, replacing it with...
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Strategic Land Use Planning for Climate Change-Driven Water Shortages in El Alto, Bolivia
By Jim Kostaras While the role of urban planning in flood risk mitigation is better understood, the relationship between water scarcity and land use planning, including in mountainous communities affected by receding glacial ice, remains a critical gap in planning research. The changing climate has made an understanding of this...
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I2UD attends its first GLTN Partners’ Meeting
Maren Larsen attended the Global Land Tool Network Partner’s Meeting in the Hague from November 11th – 15th where she represented I2UD in the International Training/Research Institution Cluster. Having joined the Global Land Tool Network in early 2013, the GLTN 5th Partner’s Meeting held at the Dutch Ministry of...
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Appropriate Technologies in the United States: a Weekend in Vermont
Warren Hagist attended the annual SolarFest sustainability conference in Tinmouth, VT, from July 21 – 23 Each year on the open, rolling fields of Forget-Me-Not farm in rural Vermont, hundreds gather for one of New England’s premier summits on green living. SolarFest is three days of music and workshops on...
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Dispatch from the Field: I2UD’s 1st Trip to Bolivia
Read about the challenges of planning in the largest, highest city in the world and see photos from our recent field work in La Paz and El Alto Bolivia, where we are partnering with the Stockholm Environment Institute to assess the impact of climate change on land use....
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I2UD at the UN Commission for Social Development
Christa Lee-Chuvala attended the fiftieth session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development at UN Headquarters in New York from January 31 to February 3, 2012. Prior to the Commission’s official start on February 1, the NGO Committee on Social Development held a Civil Society Forum to enhance NGO...
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What I Learned: An Insider’s Guide to Improving Local Government
Senior Research Associate James Kostaras proposes how local government in America can be fixed...
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Budapest to Bucharest: Board Trip October 2011
Board members Mary Jane Lawson and Rene Pantalone share their adventures on this year board trip to Romania and Hungary, retracing I2UD's work in the region over the past two decades. ...
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