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Habitat Day Conference 7 october
World Habitat Day Conference 2013 – Infrastructure 2013: Communication 7 October at the House of Literature Oslo How is Information and Communication Technology (ICT) serving as infrastructure in cities? And how does ICT contribute to bridge the gap between the formal and informal city, and further contribute to development and reduction of urban poverty? Infrastructure […]
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Infrastructure 2013: Waste, presentation
Presentation from the fourth ‘Infrastructure 2013′ seminar held 28 August in Oslo, on solid waste management and informal settlements that emerge in proximity to dumping sites. How is poor waste management affecting poor urban communities, the inhabitants’ health and the environment? What is the linkage between livelihoods and informal solid waste management? Can lack of […]
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Infrastructure 2013: Electricity, presentations
Presentation from the third ‘Infrastructure 2013′ seminar held 12 June in Oslo, on access to electricity in informal settlements and growing cities. How is the daily life, the outlook of a more prosperous life and security affected by the lack of or insufficient and sporadic access to electricity? And are informal settlements taken into account […]
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Infrastructure 2013: Public Transport, Presentations
Presentation from the second ‘Infrastructure 2013′ seminar held 24 April in Oslo, looking at the provision of public transport in growing cities. Below you find the presentation held by Malin Bismo Lerudsmoen from The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (In Norwegian). Hvorfor trenger vi offentlig transport? Malin Bismo Lerudsmoen, The Norwegian Public Roads Administration
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Lecture with Arun Rewal at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
“Structuring Settings + Setting Structures: Anchoring Frames of Freedom with Geometry and Memory” Building cities in India is perhaps more diverse than anywhere in the world. It has a population of 1.3 billion, scattered over subcontinent of extreme climatic variations, geographies, and histories. Today, India is undergoing an epochal transformation. From a country of villages […]
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The Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura – Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
Cateura is the name of the enormous landfill located in Paraguay’s capital city, Asunción. It is also one of South American’s poorest slums and home to the young members of the ‘Recycled Orchestra’, but instruments built from rubbish have given these children a new lease of life through music, and their visit to Ultima and […]
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Garbage collection in the Mathare Slum
Many youth groups in the slum communities of Nairobi, Kenya, run garbage collection services. Their goal is to create a clean and healthy environment for all – and to uplift the youth. Are you interested in this topic, come for our next seminar that will focus at solid waste management in growing cities and informal […]
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Slum dwellers are mapping the informal settlements of Nairobi
Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map. But in November 2009, young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map Kibera has now grown into a complete interactive community information project. “Another interesting example that shows how data can be quickly gathered and used involves […]
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UN-Habitat and Youth
On the 8th of October 2013, UN-HABITAT in collaboration with Habitat Norway will host the seminar: “Youth and Urban Governance, including Land and ICT” at The House of Literature in Oslo. UN-HABITAT will also launch a report on the topic the same day. Already several months in advance, we have the honor of publishing an article […]
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Where A Billion People Still Live Without Electricity
According to a new report from the World Bank, 1.6 billion people gained access to electricity between 1990 and 2000, 70 percent of them in urban areas. But, as of 2010, 1.2 billion people were still living without it – 173 million of them in urban areas. In the West, sustainability often means a better […]
