Urban Environments - general information

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A new Body of Knowledge will be published in 2023 by Risk Insight Consulting about urban environments and urban resilience, following research and projects that have been carried out towards this broad-ranging subject for a number of years. It is hoped that it can add to the extensive and high quality material that already exists. To find out more, please contact us through the Contact Us form on the Home page or click here to send an email.

Cities around the world are home to 55 per cent of the world’s population. Given the close proximity with which we live next to each other in cities, it is not surprising that people in these urban environments were hit hardest by COVID-19. It was estimated by the UN in July 2020 in their report, COVID-19 in an urban world, that 90 per cent of all reported cases occurred in urban areas.

This same concentration of people also makes cities the places where the battle for a green recovery from COVID-19 – which is essential to reduce future pandemic risks and respond to climate change – can be won.

Urban Talks is an 8-part webinar series (plus bonus episodes) that spotlights cities and initiatives that are building new inclusive visions across Europe and Central Asia and wider, and showcases how cities are demonstrating resilience, reinventing their economies, transitioning to inclusive and smart cities, and building new partnerships. 

This website by UN-Habitat provides insights, news and examples about resilient cities around the world.

The website by UN-Habitat is about raising awareness, sharing knowledge and engaging in technical cooperation with cities through a programme that touches on all areas of city planning, management and functionality.

Have you come across the Earth 2050 website hosted by Kaspersky? Click below to find out about this interactive representation of how the world may evolve through 2030, 2040 and to 2050 (and join).

Organised and convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum (WUF), which is held every two years, is the foremost international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanisation in all its ramifications. The 2022 WUF was held in Katowice, Poland, in June 2022.

This document by ISO provides a framework and principles that are coherent with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the New Urban Agenda, Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework, that can be applied to enhance urban resilience. It proposes metrics and models as a framework to structure urban resilience to assist local authorities and other urban stakeholder's efforts to build more resilient human settlements.