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Equitable Transportation and Accessible Neighborhoods

Cities that are built to be more accessible to all of its population stand the best chance of solving the problems of deteriorating environmental quality and economic competitiveness that stem from growing traffic congestion and urban sprawl. This course offers ways of rethinking the role of streets and whom they serve, shifting from individual transport modes toward...

Climate Finance for Transportation Toolkit (Course and Catalogue)

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Cities All Staff Meeting Overview September 2024

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Cities All Staff Meeting Overview March 2024

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Integrated Urban Planning in the Global South

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Theory of Change Interactive Course

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Deep Dive Retreat Content

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Données sur la Biodiversité Urbaine

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Datos en la Planificación Urbana

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CanAIRy Learn: Tech Talk 2 | Empowering African Cities with Air Quality Forecasting

The second technical talk of the Air Quality Community of Practice, CanAIRy Learn, focused on enhancing the capabilities of African cities to use CanAIRy Alert’s air quality forecasting tool to help air quality decision makers protect their citizens. This session was moderated by WRI Africa; speakers delved into CanAIRy Alert’s tool, low-cost sensor data collection...

CanAIRy Learn: Sesión 2 | Fortaleciendo Ciudades Africanas con Pronósticos de Calidad del Aire

La segunda plática técnica de la Comunidad de Práctica sobre Calidad del Aire, CanAIRy Learn, se centró en mejorar las capacidades de las ciudades africanas para utilizar la herramienta de pronóstico de calidad del aire de CanAIRy Alert con el fin de ayudar a los responsables de la toma de decisiones sobre la calidad del...

Facilitation Aids and Techniques

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Facilitation Skills Training Overview Online Course

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2024 Den Haag Planning Retreat Content

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Deep Dive

Deep Dive Overview Update 2023

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November 2023 WRI Network Project Updates

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Recap CanAiry Alert Training

Recap | Second Stage: CanAIRy Alert Training

The CanAIRy Alert project, with support from the Clean Air Fund, held a “CanAIRy Alert Training: Tools for Air Quality Management and Capacity Building” to train air quality practitioners from Global South cities on two air quality management tools enabling Air Quality Forecasting and Pollution Insights, using remote sensing products.  The Air Quality Communities of...

Second stage: 1st tech talk | Air Quality Data: quality assurance and quality control

Second stage: 1st tech talk | Air Quality Data: quality assurance and quality control

The second stage of the Air Quality Community of Practice of Latin American and African cities as part of the CanAIRy Alert project started in March 2023. At the first meeting, guidelines were shared on the development of acceptability and conformity criteria for #AirQuality data, as well as useful tools for validating these to produce...

Segunda etapa: 3ra sesión | Elaboración y actualización de inventarios integrados de emisiones

Segunda etapa: 3ra sesión | Elaboración y actualización de inventarios integrados de emisiones

La tercera y útlima sesión técnica de la segunda etapa de la Comunidad de Práctica de #CalidadDelAire de ciudades de Latinoamérica y África (ahora parte del proyecto CanAIRy Alert), tuvo como objetivo compartir enfoques para desarrollar un inventario de emisiones sistemático y sostenible relevante para las ciudades.

Second stage: 2nd tech talk | Operationalizing air quality forecasts in the city context

Second stage: 2nd tech talk | Operationalizing air quality forecasts in the city context

The second tech talk of the second stage of the Air Quality Community of Practice of Latin American and African cities (part of the CanAIRy Alert project), sought to create a shared understanding of the challenges of operating an #AirQuality forecasting system in cities in the Global South.

Second stage: 3rd tech talk | Systematic development of integrated emissions inventories

CanAIRy Learn. Air Quality Community of Practice: Second stage: 3rd tech talk | Systematic development of integrated emissions inventories

La segunda etapa de la Comunidad de Práctica de Calidad del Aire de ciudades de Latinoamérica y África como parte del proyecto CanAIRy Alert, comenzó en marzo de 2023

CanAIRy Learn. Air Quality Community of Practice Segunda etapa: 1ra sesión técnica | Datos de calidad del aire: aseguramiento y control de calidadCanAIRy Learn. Air Quality Community of Practice

La segunda etapa de la Comunidad de Práctica de Calidad del Aire de ciudades de Latinoamérica y África como parte del proyecto CanAIRy Alert, comenzó en marzo de 2023. En la primera reunión, se compartieron directrices sobre el desarrollo de criterios de aceptabilidad y conformidad de datos de #CalidadDelAire, además de herramientas útiles para la...

CanAIRy Learn. Air Quality Community of Practice

CanAIRy Learn Air Quality Community of Practice Second stage: 1st tech talk | Air Quality Data: quality assurance and quality control

The second stage of the Air Quality Community of Practice of Latin American and African cities as part of the CanAIRy Alert project started in March 2023. At the first meeting, guidelines were shared on the development of acceptability and conformity criteria for #AirQuality data, as well as useful tools for validating these to produce...

CanAIRy Learn: 1ra sesión | Recapitulación del pronóstico de calidad del aire CanAIRy Alert

CanAIRy Learn: 1ra sesión Recapitulación del pronóstico de calidad del aire CanAIRy Alert

La primera sesión técnica de CanAIRy Learn: Comunidad de Práctica de Calidad del Aire fue moderada por Ana Cecilia Perales (Coordinadora técnica-administrativa para la Calidad del Aire, WRI México). En esta sesión, se presentó la nueva etapa del proyecto y su página web: canairyalert.org, así como George Mwaniki (Líder de Calidad del Aire, WRI África)...

successful efforts led by rehouse partners

Successful Efforts led by REHOUSE Partners

This set of cases highlights the work of the REHOUSE (Resilient, Equitable Housing, Opportunities & Urban Services) partnership and other organizations that show the REHOUSE shared principles in practice. REHOUSE is a strategic partnership between WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, BRAC, Slum Dwellers International, Mahila Housing Trust, Habitat for Humanity International, and Build Change....

Sete transformações para cidades mais equitativas e sustentáveis curso

Sete transformações para cidades mais equitativas e sustentáveis

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Using Data in Urban Planning Course

Using Data in Urban Planning

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Seven Transformations for More Equitable and Sustainable Cities

The World Resources Institute (WRI) spent six years investigating economic, demographic, and resource challenges and how they widen gaps in urban services. We then synthesized a large body of evidence on how providing equitable access to urban services and opportunities—land, housing, transport, energy, water, sanitation, and secure employment—can lead to more economically prosperous and environmentally sustainable cities for all. WRI identified critical conditions...

Proposal Development

Proposal Development

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Launch of Canairy Alert, a new program to support cities in Africa to improve their air quality forecasting and research on pollution sources

Launch of Canairy Alert, a new program to support cities in Africa to improve their air quality forecasting and research on pollution sources

Air pollution remains a major environmental challenge with significant impacts on human health and ecosystems. Cities in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have recognized this challenge and are prepared to take policy and regulatory actions to address it. However, these cities experience several challenges, including limited air quality monitoring data, low technical capacity to...

Overcoming Barriers to Financing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure [Draft Version]

Overcoming Barriers to Financing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure [Draft Version]

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Introduction to Communications at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Introduction to Communications at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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An Introduction to Research at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

An Introduction to Research at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Urban Forests for Healthier Cities: Policy, Planning, Regulations, and Institutional Arrangements

Urban Forests for Healthier Cities: Policy, Planning, Regulations, and Institutional Arrangements

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Social Equity Considerations for Cities' Decision Making Related to Inner, Nearby, and Faraway Forests

Social Equity Considerations for Cities’ Decision Making Related to Inner, Nearby, and Faraway Forests

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Reducing Demand for Vehicle Trips in Cities

Reducing Demand for Vehicle Trips in Cities

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Toward Efficient Informal Urban Transit

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How Cities can Engage Organizations in Improving Urban Mobility

How Cities can Engage Organizations in Improving Urban Mobility

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City Climate Action Planning

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BETA: Social Equity Considerations for Cities' Decision Making Related to Inner, Nearby, and Faraway Forests

BETA: Social Equity Considerations for Cities’ Decision Making Related to Inner, Nearby, and Faraway Forests

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AQ Tech Talk: Forecast and Impacts of Saharan Dust

AQ Tech Talk: Forecast and Impacts of Saharan Dust

Every year in the summer, dust particulates from the Saharan Desert are suspended by strong winds and carried across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Commonly known as the Saharan Dust Storm (or Saharan Air Layer), this Trans-Atlantic event brings unhealthy levels of PM 2.5 and PM 10 to some cities, changes to...

Towards a More Equal City: World Resources Report Update and COVID-19 Connections

Towards a More Equal City: World Resources Report Update and COVID-19 Connections

The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus many underlying economic and social fragilities in urban areas. This kind of global crisis exacerbates existing fault lines in cities especially in terms of inequalities in access to core services. In the face of these challenges, how can growing cities in the global south drive greater equity,...

Build Back Better: Cities at the Frontlines of COVID-19 Impact and Recovery

Build Back Better: Cities at the Frontlines of COVID-19 Impact and Recovery

Cities are not only at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are also likely to see lasting changes from it, from their physical form to economic and community structure. Cities are struggling to provide adequate access to water and sanitation for handwashing needs, healthcare services are being overwhelmed, and public transit systems are drastically...

Financing Sustainable Urban Development: An Introduction

Financing Sustainable Urban Development: An Introduction

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Toxic Air: The Challenge of Ozone Pollution

Toxic Air: The Challenge of Ozone Pollution

Surface ozone is a dangerous climate and air pollutant, damaging human health, ecosystems, crops and other plants, and contributing significantly to global warming. Ozone is created when gases released by cars, electric utilities, landfills, biomass fires, agriculture and industrial processes, among other sources, react with each other and sunlight. In 2017 alone, it contributed to...

OpenAQ: Fighting Air Inequality through Open Data and Community

OpenAQ: Fighting Air Inequality through Open Data and Community

Air pollution, responsible for more deaths each year than HIV/AIDS and malaria, combined, is a global public health crisis. Yet many scientific questions, including those directly relevant for policy, remain unanswered when it comes to the impact of air pollution on health in highly polluted environments. Often, specific solutions to improving air quality are local...

Transforming Streets and Public Spaces with Tactical Urbanism

Transforming Streets and Public Spaces with Tactical Urbanism

Road safety is a global concern, as more than 1.35 million people are killed on roads each year. As part of its road safety program, WRI has developed tactical urbanism interventions that seek to influence the public policy of cities to generate permanent solutions that improve the safety conditions for residents. This webinar will present...

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How to Incorporate TOD Strategy into Master Plans

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is already established as one of the main urban planning strategies for compact growth. However, implementation is currently a challenge. TOD requires a legal framework that permits the correct management of urban land in connection to the transportation systems. Master Plans are key instruments for establishing the tools and developing the environment...

Improving Access Through Efficient Paratransit Systems

Improving Access Through Efficient Paratransit Systems

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Business Models for Electric Bus Adoption

Business Models for Electric Bus Adoption

This webinar will explain some principal components of business models that enable adoption of electric buses in public transport, based on case studies in 22 cities and 14 countries across America, Asia and Europe.

Global BRT Data

Global BRT Data

An interactive, public platform for reliable and current data about high performance bus systems in over 200 cities worldwide. BRTdata.org consolidates data from a variety of sources, including researchers, transit agencies, municipalities and NGOs. It has been cited by leading institutions, including UN-HABITAT, International Energy Agency (IEA), and the International Transport Forum.

Design Principles of Cycling [Draft Version]

Design Principles of Cycling [Draft Version]

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Benefits of Cycling [Draft Version]

Benefits of Cycling [Draft Version]

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India's Strategy for Transforming Mobility | Webinar Series

India’s Strategy for Transforming Mobility | Webinar Series

From 30 July to 3 August 2018, WRI India will host a webinar series on “Transforming Mobility – Challenges and Opportunities,” focusing on themes such as alternative energy, reinventing public transport, data analytics and mobility, and more. The webinars will be held in the lead up to MOVE, a Global Mobility Summit organised by the Government of India’s think...

Safe Access to Mass Transit (SAM) Workshop

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