Senior Research Associate Jim Kostaras presented an update of I2UD’s ongoing study on climate adaptation in El Alto, Bolivia at The Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and Understanding through the Social Sciences (ICARUS) conference at Columbia University in New York City, on May 19, 2012. As an invited speaker on...
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ICLRD | Shared Services Across Local Government
The Institute recently documented New York's shared services program in support of Ireland's new efforts to increase local government efficiency. Read the full report here. ...
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Planning for a New Future: Upcoming Annual Conference in Ireland
ICLRD will be holding its Seventh Annual Conference on 19-20 January 2012 in the border town of Dundalk, County Louth. The theme of this two-day event is Planning for a New Future: Can Planning and Cross-Border Cooperation Deliver Change in Ireland and Europe?...
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Revive Monterrey 2011: Confronting Crisis in Monterrey, Mexico
I2UD Senior Associate gives the keynote presentation at the TEC's Revive Monterrey 2011 Forum, and talks about how urban planning and community development can help mitigate urban violence and crisis. ...
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New Book: Human Rights Challenges in Contemporary Brazil
'Human Rights Challenges in Contemporary Brazil" has just been published online by I2UD's Senior Research Associate, Dr. Biorn Maybury-Lewis, and his colleague, Dr. Sônia Ranincheski, a political scientist at the University of Brasília. Learn more and read it online here. ...
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I2UD Wins Climate Change Grant!
The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy has awarded I2UD and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) a grant to study the impact of climate change on water use in El Alto, Bolivia. One of the highest-altitude cities, El Alto relies on glacial ice for its water supply. Due to warming temperatures,...
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Senior Staff works on Haitian Development Project
James Kostaras, I2UD Senior Research Associate and Adjunct Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology, helped plan and organize a ‘Train-the Trainers’ Program this July in consultation with Haitian government officials and members of the Haitian-American community. The program taught advanced project management and construction management skills to a select group...
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I2UD Proposal Under Construction
The construction of a taxi rank and other key interventions proposed as part of I2UD’s urban regeneration plan for the Township of Ezakheni is under way with funding from the Neighbourhood Development Programme Unit of the South African National Treasury. In 2010, I2UD worked with the South African engineering firm...
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Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
On February 18, François Vigier lectured on the Dynamics of Rapid Urbanization in Developing Countries, highlighting the growing role of private/public partnerships in developing middle-income housing in Egypt and Morocco, as part of the Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The program...
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ECOSOC Conference at the United Nations
February 2011, Kendra Leith and Linda Shi attended the first two days of the 49th Session of the Commission for Social Development held by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York City from February 9 to 18. As the global financial crisis pushes millions back into...
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