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    Cities housing
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    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    How Improved Housing in Under-served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    Cities
    Outcomes
    April 6, 2021

    Cities Prioritize Public Transportation and Cycling in Response to COVID-19

    • Top Outcome: 2020
    • Health & Road Safety
    Bikers are protected by road barriers in India. Photo by Rajeev Malagi/WRI India.
    • Top Outcome: 2020
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    April 6, 2021

    Mexico Adds Fundamental Right to Mobility to Its Constitution

    • Top Outcome: 2020
    • Urban Mobility
    Bikers, skateboarders and cars coexist in Merida, Mexico. Photo by Megapress/Alamy
    • Top Outcome: 2020
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Outcomes
    April 6, 2021

    Countries and Cities Embrace a New UN Decade for Road Safety

    • Top Outcome: 2020
    • Health & Road Safety
    A woman paints pedestrian lanes on a road in São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Victor Moriyama/WRI Brasil
    • Top Outcome: 2020
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 6, 2021

    India’s 15th Finance Commission Supports Air Quality and Forest Protection

    • Top Outcome: 2020
    A forest in West Bengali, India. Photo by Suprakash Shown/Unsplash
    • Top Outcome: 2020
    Cities
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient?

    • Buildings
    • housing
    Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing project in Brazil
    • Buildings
    • housing
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2017

    The Crisis in Affordable Housing Is a Problem for Cities Everywhere

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    Affordable housing for all.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    Cities
    Insights
    August 31, 2017

    Winner Take All? Richard Florida’s ‘New Urban Crisis’ Part of Growing Global Focus on Unequal Cities

    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Africa Latin America Asia
    News
    July 12, 2017

    RELEASE: 1.2 Billion People Living in Cities Lack Access to Affordable and Secure Housing

    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    July 12, 2017

    Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    January 14, 2015

    Why Cities are the Solution to Climate Change: Q&A with Ani Dasgupta

    • Cities
    • public transit
    • climate change
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    The ‘smart city’ has become quite a buzzword, but there’s still not enough clarity around what it means for a city to be truly smart. Photo by EMBARQ/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • public transit
    • climate change
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    September 22, 2014

    Climate Summit: Creating Better and More Sustainable Cities

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Beijing bicyclists. Photo Credit: Rich Bee/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 8, 2013

    Zipcar’s Purchase by Avis: Car Sharing Success or Failure?

    • transportation
    • transportation

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