Discussions
25 March 2014
Adversity and urban planning: Designing safer, more resilient cities
14 March 2014
Retooling ‘Cities for Life’: New approaches to urban infrastructure and service provision
3 March 2014
Urban planning and design: Laws, regulations, and the informal city
17 February 2014
Food security in coastal cities
10 February 2014
The competition for water
3 February 2014
Violence against children
13 January 2014
Making slum upgrading work in urban Africa
6 January 2014
Looking forward: What to watch for in 2014
Week of 23 December 2013
Looking back: What we’ve learned in 2013
Week of 16 December 2013
Books and projects worth sharing
Week of 9 December 2013
Human rights and the urban poor
Week of 2 December 2013
Fighting HIV/AIDS
Week of 18 November 2013
Fighting poverty and exclusion in Latin American cities
Week of 11 November 2013
Livelihood options for poor urban youth
Week of 4 November 2013
Walking, biking, and human-scale cities
Week of 28 October 2013
Women and financial inclusion
Week of 21 October 2013
Land title and informal settlements
Week of 14 October 2013
World Food Day
Week of 7 October 2013
Mental health and the urban poor
Week of 30 September 2013
Transportation infrastructure for the urban poor
Week of 23 September 2013
Mapping, data and informal communities
Week of 16 September 2013
Ties between urban poverty and rural life
Week of 9 September 2013
South-South cooperation
Week of 2 September 2013
The power of literacy
Week of 26 August 2013
Slums as laboratories of urbanism
Week of 19 August 2013
Leveraging large-scale events for urban development
Week of 12 August 2013
Crime and violence
Week of 5 August 2013
Educational programs to transform young lives
Week of 29 July 2013
Toxic waste and the urban poor
Week of 22 July 2013
Interviews with architects and city planners
Week of 15 July 2013
Work conditions: informality, coersion and change
Week of 8 July 2013
Family planning
Week of 1 July 2013
Slum clearance, planning, and community resistance
Week of 24 June 2013
Approaches to endemic and infectious disease
Week of 17 June 2013
Providing infrastructure to the urban poor
Week of 10 June 2013
Fighting child labor
Week of 3 June 2013
Success stories for empowering women
Week of 27 May 2013
Race, ethnicity, and cultural diversity
Week of 20 May 2013
Food, nutrition, and the urban poor
Week of 13 May 2013
Micro-finance and investment
Week of 6 May 2013
City planning instruments
Week of 29 April 2013
Linking informal settlements to the city center
Week of 22 April 2013
Bringing services to the new urban poor
Week of 15 April 2013
Changing the narrative of the poor
Week of 8 April 2013
Sharing health information with the urban poor
Week of 25 March 2013
Public-private partnerships for shared prosperity
Week of 18 March 2013
Access to water
Week of 11 March 2013
Homelessness and informal settlements
Week of 4 March 2013
Women and safety: Threats and perceptions
Week of 25 February 2013
Kids in city slums
Week of 18 February 2013
Political involvement by the urban poor
Week of 11 February 2013
Sports and development
Week of 4 February 2013
New approaches to transportation
Week of 28 January 2013
Data for urban change
Week of 21 January 2013
New approaches to construction
Week of 14 January 2013
Informal status: How legal frameworks shape settlements, strategies and tactics
Week of 7 January 2013
Energy and informality: Powering change on and off the grid
Week of 31 December 2012
Looking forward: Topics to watch in 2013
Week of 17 December 2012
Looking back: What we’ve learned in 2012
Week of 10 December 2012
Work innovations for the urban poor
Week of 3 December 2012
Readings and resources on cities and poverty
Week of 26 November 2012
Safety and informal communities
Week of 19 November 2012
Disaster relief as a model for urban sustainability
Week of 5 November 2012
Urban poverty across generations
Week of 29 October 2012
Public space in informal settlements
Week of 22 October 2012
Distance and proximity
Week of 15 October 2012
Health interventions and local values
Week of 8 October 2012
Climate change: Prospects and preparation
Week of 1 October 2012
Cultural expressions of community
Week of 24 September 2012
Community organizations, tenancy and title
Week of 10 September 2012
Sex work, trafficking and AIDS
Week of 3 September 2012
Mobile and networked technology
Week of 27 August 2012
Rework, reuse, recycle
Week of 20 August 2012
Education for girls in the slums
Week of 13 August 2012
Violence
Week of 6 August 2012
Infrastructure gaps and clean water
Week of 30 July 2012
Health, innovation and the urban poor
Week of 18 June 2012
Covering Rio+20