By Dr Donnell Davis, NCWQ Habitat Adviser
NCWQ Urban Design UN-Habitat
In this report, I wish to share gems from local experience, federal budget & disability standards for housing, resident climate action and findings from the following:
- UN Secretary General speech on cities for positive transformation https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/04/1089942
- CSW65 outcomes: see the pdf report below
- Women’s roles in climate responsive cities (Action Aid). https://actionaid.org.au/
- Using lessons from Covid Cities for accelerating action for climate-sensitive-cities®
- ICLEI: net zero cities https://urban-leds.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/resources/guidance_and_tools/GCC_Handbook.pdf
- AHURI update – Australian cities research https://www.ahuri.edu.au/cities/research-themes/housing-and-urban-policy
- Privatising Cities (social housing, waterfronts, public spaces to private havens)
- Civic cities in Nomadic world https://www.nai010.com/en/publicaties/the-civic-city-in-a-nomadic-world-paperback/139143/
Download the PDF report here (1mb)
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