Habitat III: Co-producing Sustainable Cities? The conference “Habitat III: Co-producing sustainable cities?” addressed the conditions for sustainable urban development. This was the look specifically on the relationship between civil society and City Government. On the Conference report. By Jelena Nikolic and Sabine Drewes
Habitat III - Sustainable Urban Development The global urbanisation presents great challenges for sustainable development. In view of the UN summit Habitat III in Ecuador in this dossier we broach the issue of the cooperation between local governments and the civil society.
Habitat III: New Urban Agenda and the importance of civil society Close on the heels of the UN adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 the HABITAT III conference offers the international community a timely opportunity to revisit and revision its commitments to putting human rights at the heart of sustainable urban development. The global context is adverse, marked by growing inequity, rising levels of homelessness and landlessness, forced migration, environmental degradation and climate change. By Poonam Joshi
Interview with Shivani Chaudhry: "There is a global housing crisis" India has the largest number of homeless and landless persons in the world, as well as the greatest number of urban and rural poor. Shivani Chaudhry, the Executive Director of Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), argues that the New Urban Agenda must pay more attention to the human right to adequate housing. Interview with Shivani Chaudhry. By Shivani Chaudhry
