Category Archives: NEWS

A new working paper published by the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy explores land use planning responses to climate change-driven water shortages in El Alto, Bolivia, the sister city of La Paz. The largest high-altitude city in the world, El Alto depends on water from alpine glaciers that are quickly...

By Carolina Morgan, Research Associate, Globally, the subject of climate change has risen to the top of the development research agenda. International conferences, agreements, and publications are filling the knowledge gaps and flooding the literature with creative and innovative ideas for mitigation, adaptation and resilience. But when we drill down...

I2UD’s annual Meeting of the Board commenced on May 3rd 2013 with a dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club.  I2UD staff was pleased to welcome Members of the Board and esteemed guests including Joe Brennan, Mary Jane and Jim Lawson, Clemens Sels, John Sanger and Maria Vela, and Rene Pantalone....

On May 28 and 29, 2013 in Amman, Jordan, the Gulf States Regional Office of UN-Habitat held a regional workshop for municipal high-level officials to discuss challenges and priorities for urban development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Dr Mona Serageldin was invited to comment on each...

A team from the I2UD convened in Belize for three weeks in May in order to lead introductory training modules on urban planning. The workshops are the first in a series of workshops for local officials and community members in Belize, as part of the I2UD’s ongoing assistance to seven...

The I2UD is proud to announce that the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), of which the Institute is a founding member, has secured a second round of program funding!  This new program, known as the Cross-Border Spatial Planning and Training Network  – or CroSPlaN II – applies...

I2UD has been commissioned by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) to write a chapter of the forthcoming Third  Global Report on Local Government Decentralization (GOLD III). Launched in 2006, the GOLD Reports provide critical information on local governments, particularly on the decentralization process, municipal finance, and service delivery....

I2UD and Co-PLAN, together with the World Bank Institute, held a Regional Dissemination Workshop in Skopje, Macedonia on March 19-20, 2013, to present the results of the Social Sustainability Assessment. The Workshop connected officials and citizens from five pilot cities as they shared their findings and learned from each other...

The Institute for International Urban Development is proud to announce that it is now a partner organization of the Global Land Tool Network, an alliance of individuals, civil society, businesses, and government agencies dedicated to alleviating poverty through pro-poor land reform, improved land management and security of tenure. We believe...