A Dutch architecture studio has devised a range of floating solutions to provide urban slums with sanitation, electricity, health care and other basic services, while also reducing the slums' waste problem at the same time. How? Read on

If the municipal sewer won’t come to the house, then the house must go to the municipal sewer. Or get its own on-site wastewater recycling system. Read on

A consortium of NGOs, think tanks and educational institutions has published data visualisations and rankings that measure the ‘fragility’ of cities around the world. Read on

With Expo 15 coming to an end, host city Milan is advocating an international food policy protocol that seeks to promote food security and sustainable development objectives. Read on

For the first time ever, the United Nations has declared 31 October ''World Cities Day'', recognising and highlighting the critical role that cities and smart urban planning have to play in sustainable development. Read on

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will next month host an in-depth training workshop for professionals working in science, tech and government-related areas, looking specifically at plugging knowledge gaps when it comes to Read on

The travelling exhibition, People Building Better Cities: Participation and Inclusive Urbanization, will visit 10 countries over the course of the year aiming to promote dialogue on inclusive urbanisation and climate change. Read on

Research collective Partners in Urban Knowledge, Action and Research (PUKAR) teamed up with the BMW Guggenheim Lab to analyse how rapid urbanisation in Mumbai is redefining citizens’ definition of city space and privacy. Read on