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Join our webinar: Cities are getting hotter

Join our webinar: Cities are getting hotter

How can cities prepare for more extreme heat? Join USE and Dr Sara Meerow for a practical webinar on seven heat resilience planning principles, with examples from leading cities and tools to support urban heat planning.
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How to protect citizens from the next heat-wave?

How to protect citizens from the next heat-wave?

Heat waves place a lot of citizens at risk of health issues. Barcelona's climate shelter network shows how cities can protect the most vulnerable, using infrastructure they already have.
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Barcelona's Climate Shelters

Barcelona's Climate Shelters

Barcelona has developed a citywide network of climate shelters to protect residents from extreme heat in summer and cold in winter by taking advantage of already existing public and private infrastructure.
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Eastern Neighborhoods Community Plans
San Francisco, United States

Eastern Neighborhoods Community Plans

Through zoning and land-use regulation, this program fosters balanced development of affordable housing and light-industries
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Developing and Operating Social Housing and Social Care Programmes in Budapesticons_use
Budapest, Hungary

Developing and Operating Social Housing and Social Care Programmes in Budapest

A long-term sustainable initiative to provide adequate housing for people in need
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Safer Cities Programme
Durban, South Africa

Safer Cities Programme

The safer city strategy is the expression of a joint plan of action for local government and partners
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Hamburg, Germany

Finding Places

The city of Hamburg has implemented a public participation process for the allocation of housing for refugees.
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Geneva, Switzerland

La Ciguë

The largest self-managed student housing cooperative in the world
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The Berlin Strategy | Urban Development Concept Berlin 2030
Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Strategy | Urban Development Concept Berlin 2030

The city of Berlin used an interdisciplinary participation process to develop the Berlin Strategy | Urban Development Concept Berlin 2030 to support the city’s sustainable growth.
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Emre Akova
Düsseldorf, Germany

Emre Akova

Individual | Civil Engineer
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Adriana Rofman
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adriana Rofman

Individual | Professor /researcher at Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento
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Hossam Ibrahim
Cairo, Egypt

Hossam Ibrahim

Individual | Urban & Regional Planning Consultant
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Noemí Martínez García
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Noemí Martínez García

Individual | Architect | Head of Design, Documentation and Dissemination Department
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Javier Duarte
Bogotá, Colombia

Javier Duarte

Individual | Architect & Urbanist
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Medellín, Colombia

Andrés Fernandez

Individual | Public Relationship
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