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18 Resources for
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  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
  • Equity & Governance
Insights

Insights from Big Data on How COVID-19 Is Changing Society

  • Air Quality
  • Cities
  • transportation
Bike riders in New York City's Prospect park
  • Air Quality
  • Cities
  • transportation
Insights

WRI’s Courage to Lead Dinner Envisions Sustainable Cities of the Future

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
WRI Ross Prize for Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
Insights

Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
Insights

Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
  • world resources report

4 Ways Cities Can Build More Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods

  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
community workshop in India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development

Prepared Communities

Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
  • housing
  • Equity & Governance
Outcomes

Millions in India Join Movement to Reclaim City Streets

  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Public gathering in India
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Top Outcome: 2015

WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2015
People walking near Brazil public transportation
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Insights

Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • data
  • climate change
  • water risk
14 of the 33 likely most water stressed countries in 2040 are in the Middle East. (Dubai, UAE) Photo by Jason Mrachina/Flickr.
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • data
  • climate change
  • water risk

1.5 Million People in 3 Brazilian Cities Gain Access to Quality Transport

  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Bus rapid transit in Brazil
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Insights
How does the world feed more than 9 billion people in the year 2050 in a manner that not only advances economic development but also reduces agriculture’s impact on the environment? Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
  • Food
  • agriculture
Data

Aqueduct Global Maps 2.0

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Aqueduct
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset