4 items published.
UN-Habitat's flagship biennial report, launched at the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku, is devoted to the worldwide housing crisis and how planning, governance and finance can respond.
Separates the heat-island contribution of background climate from that of surrounding urban form across 2,213 cities and projects how each will change.
A global estimate of how much existing urban tree canopy lowers air temperature in 8,919 large cities, and how far trees can offset future climate warming.
A conceptual piece that treats urban transport as socially constructed, reviewing theory and evidence and setting out analytical threads for research.