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African cities like Nairobi face many challenges in their quest to create ideas for a sustainable city.

Green Future: African Ideas for a sustainable City

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Ideas for a sustainable city are top of mind for many countries when it comes to planning for the future. Sustainable cities enhance the economic, socio-cultural, environmental, technological, institutional, and governance structures using strategic guidelines and components (Cepeliauskaite and Stasiskiene 2020). They are resilient to social, economic, and natural shocks and built to be environmentally […]

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Government, Innovation, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
Climate change means that design and management of cities becomes increasingly important.

How climate change affects communities

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As the world becomes more urbanised, design and management of cities will play an increasingly important role in mitigating how climate change affects communities. Sustainable urban development practices can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while also making cities more resilient to the impacts of climate change. How crucial Are sustainable cities? A sustainable city and/or

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Environment, Government, Society, Sustainability
Community sustainability initiatives facilitate the growth of social enterprises and public education programs that are guided by environmental values.

Community sustainability initiatives: What’s the Best Policy?

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Community sustainability initiatives are local policies that take into account multiple human needs. A sustainable community is a place where people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives feel welcome and safe, where every group participates in decision-making, and where prosperity is shared. Therefore, initiatives for a sustainable community are those that address the goal of ‘Social

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Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
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SDG11: September 2022 Webinar highlights with Emeritus Professor John Trinder, Laura Puttkamer, & Dr. Jennifer Luke

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The THRIVE project would like to extend our warmest gratitude to John Trinder, Laura Puttkamer, and Jennifer Luke for giving guest presentations at our September Thrivability Matters webinar. The theme of this webinar was the United Nations Sustainability Development Goal, SDG11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). About our speakers John Trinder is an Emeritus Professor at

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Remote sensing of the environment is critical to urban planning.

Using Remote Sensing of the Environment For Urban Sustainability

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Modern cities are dynamic and complex settlements that manage the many different needs of the people that inhabit them (Webb et al., 2018). Accordingly, the methods we use to evaluate the sustainability of cities should reflect this dynamism and complexity. Thankfully, remote sensing of the environment offers an new way of assessing and monitoring cities

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Innovation, Sustainability, Technology

Problems With Rapid Urbanization: Disaster Risk and Vulnerability

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Rapid urbanization creates many problems. It is both the cause of many disasters and a hindrance to recovery for many communities, especially in developing countries. The UN population fund predicts that, by 2050, 86% of the population in developed nations will live in urban areas. That figure is closer to 64% in developing nations. Disadvantaged

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Environment, Government, Health, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability
Recycling solar panels will become increasingly important as the world transitions to renewable power.

Recycling Solar Panels: The Next Great Challenge

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Preventing the Earth’s temperature rising above 1.5 oC will require a global effort to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In this scenario, solar energy will play a fundamental role. The power sector is the highest-polluting industry globally, accounting for 27% of total greenhouse gases alone. Hence, a deep shift away from fossil fuel energy production is

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Business, Energy, Environment, Government, Sustainability

5 Ways the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Makes Cities Sustainable

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Humans have become an urban species. Since 1950, the number of people in towns and cities has increased fivefold. Currently, over 3.5 billion people live in urban areas, or cities. As this number increases, so too does the need for urban planning to limit the damage to our environment. The Global Enivronmental Facility (GEF) has

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Environment, Innovation, Sustainability
Traditional Knowledge and sustainable development practices may be found in many indigenous communities.

Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable development

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Traditional knowledge (TK) describes the know-how, skills and practices that are passed on through generations. Indigenous communities have, for millennia, adjusted their behaviour, strategies and local knowledge to changes in their surroundings. Thus, traditional knowledge provides a useful resource for sustainable development strategy. TK often forms part of a community’s cultural or spiritual identity. What

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Environment, Society, Sustainability
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