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Projetando Ruas Para Todos: Urbanismo Inclusivo do Brasil

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Projetando e implementando limites de velocidade seguros para comunidades habitáveis.

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Diseño e implementación de límites de velocidad seguros para comunidades habitables.

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Designing Streets for Everyone: Lessons of Inclusive Transportation in Brazil

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Designing and Implementing Safe Speeds for Livable Communities

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Equitable Transportation and Accessible Neighborhoods

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Climate Finance for Transportation Toolkit (Course and Catalogue)

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WRI/Yale Prize For Cities Learning Event 2024

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CanAIRy Learn: Tech Talk 4 | Comunicación del Riesgo a la Salud

Discutir el uso de los pronósticos de la calidad del aire para el desarrollo de alertas y comunicados eficaces sobre riesgos para la salud, tanto para la población como para los responsables de la toma de decisiones del sector salud, y compartir experiencias sobre diferentes estrategias de comunicación y difusión de los pronósticos de la...

CanAIRy Learn: Tech Talk 4 | Communicating the Risks of Air Pollution to the Public

This webinar will discuss the use of air quality forecasts for the development of effective health risk warnings and communications for both individuals and health sector decision-makers. The event will share experiences of different strategies for communication and dissemination of air quality forecasts and their impact on the population.

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...

2024 Den Haag Planning Retreat Content

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Deep Dive Overview Update 2023

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November 2023 WRI Network Project Updates

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Urban Areas for Better Air in Bogotá

The session aims to create synergy between the Southeast Asia Air Quality Community of Practice (SEA-CoP) and the Clean Air Catalyst to promote the importance of comprehensive strategies such as ZUMAs, which seek to improve air quality in areas with high pollution and socioeconomic vulnerability through actions that reduce pollutant emissions and their subsequent impact...

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: 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)...

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Air Quality – CanAIRy Learn 1 tech talk CanAIRy Alert Forecast Overview

The first technical talk of CanAIRy Learn: Air Quality Community of Practice was moderated by Ana Cecilia Perales (Technical-Administrative Coordinator for Air Quality, WRI Mexico). In this session, the new stage of the project and its website: canairyalert.org were presented, as well as George Mwaniki (Air Quality Leader, WRI Africa) talked about the two key...

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Successful Efforts led by REHOUSE Partners

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利益相关者参与和治理管理结构

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Sete transformações para cidades mais equitativas e sustentáveis curso

Sete transformações para cidades mais equitativas e sustentáveis

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Seven Transformations for More Equitable and Sustainable Cities

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Overcoming Barriers to Financing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure [Draft Version]

Overcoming Barriers to Financing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure [Draft Version]

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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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TOD & Road Safety / Session 4 / Financing & Implementing Road Safety in TOD

TOD & Road Safety / Session 4 / Financing & Implementing Road Safety in TOD

This session is the fourth and final session in a four-part workshop series highlighting the importance of road safety, in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) projects, through the Five-Step process and Safe System approach. This session talks about the last two stages of the TOD framework from a road safety perspective – how to Finance and Implement...

TOD & Road Safety / Session 2 / Assessing and Enabling Road Safety for TOD

TOD & Road Safety / Session 2 / Assessing and Enabling Road Safety for TOD

This workshop is the second session in a four-part series highlighting the importance of road safety, in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) projects, through the Five-Step process and Safe System approach. This session talks about the first two stages of the TOD framework – Assess and Enable from a road safety perspective. Road crash assessment of a...

TOD & Road Safety / Session 3 / Planning and Designing Road Safety Measures in TOD

TOD & Road Safety / Session 3 / Planning and Designing Road Safety Measures in TOD

This session is the third in a four-part workshop series highlighting the importance of road safety, in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) projects, through the Five-Step process and Safe System approach. It looks at the Plan & Design stage of the TOD framework. This session looks at providing safe and efficient linkages, between the developments within the TOD,...

Transit Oriented Development

TOD & Road Safety / Session 1

This workshop is first in a four-part series highlighting the importance of road safety, in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) projects, through the Five-Step process and Safe System approach. This session introduces the need for road safety in high density areas, such as a TOD, including the requirement for safe access to mass transit stations using the principles...

Enabling Safe Access to Mass Transit (SAM) Toolkit

Enabling Safe Access to Mass Transit (SAM) Toolkit

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Good Practice Note: Integration of Road Safety Considerations in Transit-Oriented Development projects

Good Practice Note: Integration of Road Safety Considerations in Transit-Oriented Development projects

This note has been prepared by WRI India as part of the assignment: “Integration of Road Safety Considerations in Transit-Oriented Development Projects” for the World Bank with funding from UK AID, through the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF).

Integration of Road Safety Considerations in Transit-Oriented Development Projects

Integration of Road Safety Considerations in Transit-Oriented Development Projects

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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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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,...

Introduction to City Climate Action Planning

Introduction to City Climate Action Planning

A climate action plan creates a framework for cities to reduce or “mitigate” greenhouse gas emissions in coordination with other city plans for development, transport, health, and other issues. When successfully orchestrated, a climate action plan can create a shared vision around a climate goal and can align climate policies with social and economic development...

Nature-Based Solutions for Water and Resilience: An Overview for Cities and Urban Planners

Nature-Based Solutions for Water and Resilience: An Overview for Cities and Urban Planners

Nature-based Solutions (NBS) that strategically conserve or restore nature to support conventionally built infrastructure systems can produce more resilient and lower-cost services in cities. NBS are increasingly used to achieve water and energy security, manage disaster risk, and enhance social wellbeing in cities. Putting these solutions into practice requires new skills and approaches. For example,...

World TOD Resource

World TOD Resource

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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...

El rol del gobierno nacional en la creación de una política de movilidad urbana

El rol del gobierno nacional en la creación de una política de movilidad urbana

El rol de los gobiernos nacionales en la procuración del transporte público sustentable de América Latina se tiene como un hecho dado, sin embargo, cuando se revisan los diferentes casos en la región, es evidente que los sistemas de transporte aún requieren mucho apoyo para su planeación, financiación, así como para la adopción de tecnologías...

Enabling Safe Access to Mass Transit: A tool for community engagement and decision making

Enabling Safe Access to Mass Transit: A tool for community engagement and decision making

Cities are investing millions of dollars in creating mass transit but unable to achieve their full potential due the poor first and last mile connectivity leading to unsafe access to transit systems. This webinar takes an experiential approach to address this issue through the utilization of a tool for community engagement and decision making. It...

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TOD Policy & Regulations

The use of transit-oriented development (TOD) as an urban growth strategy is relatively new in India. Translating policy to action on the ground is possible through a multi-pronged approach. States and cities require a contextual approach based on local trends, market behavior and city requirements. If Indian cities and states adopt and translate TOD strategies...

New construction visible behind railway station in Mumbai, India.

TOD Concept, Principles and Design Interventions

This webinar will focus on how to attain transit-oriented development (TOD), keeping in view the geographical context. The session will elaborate on: SPEAKER: Prerna Mehta, Urban Development Lead, WRI India Prerna has nearly 13 years of experience in the fields of research, project management, urban planning, real estate, architecture and academics. She works on projects...

Safe Access to Mass Transit Stations - A Community Engagement Program

Safe Access to Mass Transit Stations – A Community Engagement Program

Indian cities are growing at a phenomenal rate. Urbanization is expected to go from 33% to well beyond 40% in the next decade alone. To aid people’s movement and access to jobs and services, India is investing billions of dollars on mass transit in urban areas. However, the success of mass transit depends on providing...

Financing TOD: Where Will the Money Come From?

Financing TOD: Where Will the Money Come From?

Operationalization of TOD typically spans many years, requiring significant capital investment. This can be burdensome on public coffers, often without definitive returns until the project has been completed and in use. So, financing is one of the most critical elements for successful implementation of TOD, necessitating that we identify newer, innovative revenue-generating strategies. This webinar will...

DOTS Módulo 5 | DOTS incluyente: vivienda asequible y creación de empleo

DOTS Módulo 5 | DOTS incluyente: vivienda asequible y creación de empleo

La inclusión y la equidad son algunos de los retos importantes que surgen al adoptar DOTS, más aún en ciudades de países en vía de desarrollo que presentan fenómenos como desigualdad, pobreza y gentrificación. A pesar de que no exista una fórmula exacta para resolver los problemas sociales generados, es posible rastrear casos exitosos en...

DOTS Módulo 4 | Inversión en DOTS

DOTS Módulo 4 | Inversión en DOTS

Considerando que el beneficio que traen los proyectos de Desarrollo Orientado al Transporte Sostenible para toda una ciudad, su financiación es tarea no sólo del Estado, sino también de otros sectores económicos y sociales. Dado esto, se requiere que los sectores público y privado generen acuerdos en los que ambos puedan contribuir acorde con sus...

DOTS Módulo 3 | Componentes de diseño y planeación urbana

DOTS Módulo 3 | Componentes de diseño y planeación urbana

El diseño urbano es un factor que condiciona los comportamientos y el funcionamiento de una ciudad, al establecer zonas y ritmos para sus habitantes. De allí se derivan una serie de conceptos que son recurrentes en temas de planeación urbana, ya que brindan herramientas para tener una visión concreta y clara sobre las problemáticas, necesidades...

DOTS Módulo 2 | Los elementos fundamentales de DOTS

DOTS Módulo 2 | Los elementos fundamentales de DOTS

Un proyecto DOTS se caracteriza por su complejidad, teniendo presente que su planeación e implementación requieren de la coordinación de múltiples agencias, sectores y niveles de gobierno, además del sector privado y la sociedad civil. De esta forma, es importante comprender los diferentes actores involucrados, las capacidades necesarias y los obstáculos existentes, junto a factores...

DOTS Módulo 1 | DOTS como estrategia para lograr una ciudad sostenible

DOTS Módulo 1 | DOTS como estrategia para lograr una ciudad sostenible

El Desarrollo Orientado al Transporte Sostenible (DOTS) es una estrategia de planeación urbana que toma en cuenta las nuevas necesidades de las grandes ciudades, en las que se presenta alta densidad y consumo de energía, motorización rápida y crecimiento desordenado. En este sentido, DOTS invita a pensar el desarrollo urbano a partir de las estaciones...

Safe Access to Mass Transit (SAM) Workshop

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Safe Access Manual - safe access to mass transit stations in Indian cities

Safe Access Manual – safe access to mass transit stations in Indian cities

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Business Models for Financing TOD in Indian Cities

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Mainstreaming Climate Resilient Planning

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Taller de Desarrollo Orientado al Transporte Sustentable (DOTS)

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TOD Guide for Urban Communities

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Guía DOTS para Comunidades Urbanas

Guía DOTS para Comunidades Urbanas

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