在气候变化前沿的城市

联合国人居署执行主任和美国前总统克林顿5月与来自世界各地的城市代表一起,极力主张关于气候变化的行动必须在城市中实施。     

填补性别鸿沟的一项新战略

快速的城市化、气候变化和全球经济衰退的综合影响正在进一步加剧城市男女的不平等,尤其是在贫民中,联合国人居署性别问题主流化部门的Emily Wong写道。在本文中,她解释了该机构如何致力于通过一项崭新的《性别平等行动计划》来解决这个问题。     

联合国人居署大力宣扬城市规划

联合国人居署在2007年5月举行的气候会议上重申了它的立场，在管理气候变化方面，城市规划越来越重要，因为相比未规划的城市，规划优良的城市为可持续发展提供了一个更好的基础。[第一段]     

秘书长授予巴林首相联合国人居署的奖项

联合国秘书长潘基文先生于2007年7月2日向巴林首相哈利法·本·萨勒曼·阿勒哈利法阁下颁发了联合国人居署最高奖项，表彰他通过更佳的住房政策和城市发展，在改善城市贫民生活方面做出的努力。[第一段]     

城市、气候变化与全球健康

随着人类开始主要居住在城市,21世纪的公众健康所面临的最主要的挑战将来自于城市。未来的城市增长方式将影响到健康问题的发生率和严重性。城市的形态、密度、人口年龄、住房与基本公用事业状况以及城市生活的压力因素将对人口的健康状况产生越来越大的影响,联合国人居署政策与战略规划顾问Nicholas You写道。     

国际移民对城市政策的影响

十年来，全球化作为城市发展的主要动力引起关注，为城市管理带来新的挑战，威尼斯IUAV大学（Univcrsita IUAV di Venezia）城市规划教授Marcello Balho和联合国人居署培训与能力建设部门主管Rafael Tuts写道：[编者按]     

非正式部门的青年越来越多

在全世界，许多国家非常贫困，青年别无选择，只能在非正式部门工作，对于更好的职业或教育前景，他们没有希望。这种现象在联合国人居署最新的《世界城市状况报告》的调查研究中得以证实。[编者按]     

上海2040高峰论坛：关注城市转型与发展——迈向紧凑，综合、连接、包容和适应气候变化的城市

我非常荣幸能参加此次上海2040高峰论坛。联合国人居署和规划局看到上海正在经历的改变,希望能够了解上海未来25年改变的核心,并关注这一改变与联合国描绘的未来城市蓝图是否有关联,与气候变化是否有关联。     

《人居议程》发挥的作用

8年前在伊斯坦布尔召开的“城市首脑会议”(“人居二”大会)的目标在于：建立全球城市观测站，建立长期的最佳范例数据库，重新修订联合国人居中心(UNCHS)的机构和目标，为地方政府在联合国架构内争取永久地位。     

Climate change and forest fires

This paper addresses the impacts of climate change on forest fires and describes how this, in turn, will impact on the forests of the United States. In addition to reviewing existing studies on climate change and forest fires we have used two transient general circulation models (GCMs), namely the Hadley Centre and the Canadian GCMs, to estimate fire season severity in the middle of the next century. Ratios of 2 x CO2 seasonal severity rating (SSR) over present day SSR were calculated for the means and maximums for North America. The results suggest that the SSR will increase by 10-50% over most of North America; although, there are regions of little change or where the SSR may decrease by the middle of the next century. Increased SSRs should translate into increased forest fire activity. Thus, forest fires could be viewed as an agent of change for US forests as the fire regime will respond rapidly to climate warming. This change in the fire regime has the potential to overshadow the direct effects of climate change on species distribution and migration.     

Climate change and the relational city

While the goals of sustainability and resilience look to the health and function of the system, a new criterion, relationality, focuses relationship and the degree of connectedness, social and otherwise, among persons (and even nonhuman others). It is founded upon an ethic of care that posits that no one is left alone, and that society must place a primary focus on the most vulnerable. This is particularly relevant when considering how cities are beginning to deal with increasingly frequent and severe weather events due to climate change. The idea of relationality is contrasted with the social and political isolation that exacerbates the effects of extreme events on the most vulnerable. The article ends with a discussion around how we might envision and craft the relational city and how this ideal responds to the challenge of climate change and extreme weather.     

Climate change and urban development in Africa

This paper analyses the relationship between climate change and urban development in Africa, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa, and discusses potential adaptation policies for moderating the consequences of climatic changes on urban development in the region.     

Climate change and China's mega urban regions

China’s mega urban regions are focal points of economic development and environmental concerns. This paper positions four mega urban regions (i.e., the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Bohai Bay Area, and the South-eastern Fujian Province) along China’s coast into the national economy and elaborates their development challenges and planning innovations. Mega urban regions in China are spatial consequences of rapid economic transition. They deserve close scrutiny and demands for innovative planning responses in order to maintain their key role in driving economic growth but limiting their greenhouse gas emission.     

变化就是最好的！

Patricia Urquiola设计纽约Moss店的Moroso品牌时,她自己设计的家具与空间的室内环境相融。     

气候变化与水利工程安全

气候变化是目前重大的环境问题之一,水利工程是应对气候变化的重要措施,也直接受到气候变化的影响。以全球变暖为主要特征的气候变化通过加剧水文循环而影响大型水利工程的设计、运行和安全等。全球变暖将导致海平面上升,暴雨洪水和干旱极端事件的强度和频次增加,将影响到水利工程的相关设计标准的确定。极端低温和长期干旱高温等极端天气事件也将降低大坝安全系数。