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Bringing the margin to the center | MIT Technology Review
Today, one in every six people on Earth lives in an informal urban or squatter settlement. United Nations analysts estimate that number will rise to one in three by 2050. “Traditionally, policymakers see these people as a problem,” says Janice Perlman, PhD ’71. “I believe they’re part of the solution.”
Janice Perlman Appears on Norman Foster Foundation Seminar “ON CITIES” podcast
Interconnected travel and the economies of scale cities offer ensures their appeal will not disappear after the pandemic
Covid-19 won’t dull the appeal of urbanisation and its mega-cities
Interconnected travel and the economies of scale cities offer ensures their appeal will not disappear after the pandemic
GringoView: ‘Favela’ – Inside the Reality
RIO TIMES INTERVIEW PERLMANA Social Scientist and Urban Studies specialist, Janice Perlman would ultimately live for months in three of Rio’s favelas
Wellbeing Cities Award
Facing tomorrow’s challenges, cities worldwide benefit from putting wellbeing at the heart of their approach. Apply by February 5th
What Happened When MLK Visited Columbia
On October 27, 1961, Martin Luther King Jr., the chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, arrived at Columbia University to give a speech.
We Work in 23 of the Largest Cities in the World
According to Report on The World’s cities in 2016 –by the Economic and Social Affairs office of the United Nations, there are currently 31 cities with populations of 10 million or more, but definitions of cities and metropolitan areas are inconsistent across countries and sources
1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Delhi, India
3. Shanghai, China
4. Mumbai, India
5. São Paulo, Brazil
6. Beijing, China
7. Mexico City, Mexico
8. Cairo, Egypt
9. New York, USA
10. Dhaka, Bangladesh
11. Karachi, Pakistan
12. Buenos Aires, Argentina
13. Kolkota, India
14. Istanbul, Turkey
15. Lagos, Nigeria
16. Manila, Philippines
17. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18. Los Angeles, USA
19. Moscow, Russia
20. Paris, France
21. Jakarta, Indonesia
22. London, UK
23. Bangkok, Thailand
WE WORK AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE
GLOBAL URBAN CHALLENGE
The fastest growing segment of the world’s population lives in informal settlements in cities of the ‘global south’. Today 1 billion people live in these self-build communities. By 2050 there will be 3 billion, representing 1/3 people on the planet.
For the past three decades we have worked hard to connect ideas, people and places to promote inclusive cities.
We Focus on Emerging Urban Leaders
Our newest initiative is transferring know-how and power to the next generation of changemakers in cities
Our icon for this is MC2 = energy, derived from Mega-Cities x Mega-Changes
MC2 was launched at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador on October 18, 2016 [See More]
We gave AWARDS to six young leaders from Brazil, China, Cameroon, Nicaragua, USA and Argentina