To build resilient cities, we must treat substandard housing as a life-or-death emergency

Also available in: Español | 中文 [[tweetable]] Why resilient cities need resilient housing. [[/tweetable]] Download the full version of the slideshow here.  The scene is as familiar as it is tragic…

Luis Triveno, Elizabeth Hausler, Niels Holm-en, Peter Yanev |
Urban Development, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change, Education, Environment

Postcards from Quito on the New Urban Agenda

Also available in: Español More than two months have passed since the whirlwind that was Habitat III, the UN’s once-every-20-year summit on cities and urban development. From big data to climate…

Sameh Wahba, Sarah Xinyuan Lin |
Urban Development, Jobs & Development, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector

Retrofitting: A housing policy that saves lives

Building earthquake-resistant housing in Peru. Photo: USAID/OFDA, Auriana Koutnik/Flickr When a hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster strikes a poor country, families too often suffer a…

Luis Triveno, Niels Holm-en |
Urban Development, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Digital Development, Governance

Safer buildings are the key to a disaster resilient future

About this series More blog posts A few months ago, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador claimed hundreds of lives, left almost 28, 000 people injured, and caused $1 to 3 billion worth of damage…

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Thomas Moullier |
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Urban Development

How Latin America’s housing policies are changing the lives of urban families

Photo: Pierre-Yves Babelon/Shutterstock In an effort to harness the benefits of urbanization and improve the living conditions of the urban poor, Latin American countries have experimented with…

Luis Triveno |
Urban Development, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Poverty, Digital Development