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Model Project in Sustainable Housing

28 June 2017
Presentation of Kazuhiro Kobayashi on Yokohama's sustainable housing model

Urban System Studies: Green Cities and Sustainability

27 June 2017
Presentation of Michael Koh on developing and implementing a long-term plan for a city

Building Smarter Cities

27 June 2017
Presentation of Paul Kent on developing and implementing a long-term plan for a city

Community Development for Reconstruction in Higashimatsushima City

27 June 2017
Presentation of Morio Furuyama on the Higashimatsushima experience

Higashimatsushima Organization for Progress and Economy, Education, Energy (HOPE)

27 June 2017
Presentation of Michiaki Omura on the Higashimatsushima experience

Forested “FutureCity” Shimokawa – Good Cycle of Economy, Environment and Society for Sustainable Community

27 June 2017
Presentation of Takeshi Minoshima on key policy challenges in climate-resilient, sustainable and inclusive urban development

Applying Behavioral Insights to Public Policy

19 June 2017
Behavioral economics is a method of economic analysis that applies psychological insights into human behavior to explain economic decision-making. Behavioral economics can provide very cost-effective solutions to improve public policies and programs.

Post-Conflict in Colombia

16 June 2017
Citizen participation remains a big challenge in post-conflict Colombia despite the economic and social progress achieved in the early 2010s. Planning for peacebuilding started with the creation of a national development plan that highlights the sustainable development goals as a core component of…

Infrastructure and Inclusive Sustainable Development in Chile

16 June 2017
Sustainable infrastructure development in Chile is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and involves the participation of public, private, and civil society actors. While social evaluation of projects should be complemented by disaster risk assessment, the creation of…

Bringing Finance and Planning Together to Deliver the Sustainable Development Goals Towards 2030: A Nepalese Perspective

16 June 2017
The Government of Nepal makes use of development financing contributed by the public, private, and cooperative sectors as a funding strategy to implement the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Findings of the Development Finance Assessment in Nepal show that while finance is one of the…