from flat to bumpy economic activity

Source: Cities Alliance

4

Linking researchers, practitioners, and policymakers–and

building the evidence base for sustainable urbanization

GLOBAL FORUMS

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

150 participants from 12 Latin American countries

Metropolitan mgmtSustainable urban growth

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

participants from 8+ countries in the middle east

and north africa

Municipal Finance

AFRICA

65 participants from Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania,

North Sudan, & South Sudan

Urban land marketsUrbanization framework

EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC

100 participants from China, Indonesia, Philippines, Lao,

Mongolia, Vietnam, Singapore, and South Korea.

Regional developmentLand use planning

SOUTH ASIA

60 participants from Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan,

Pakistan, and Maldives

Urban regenerationSocial inclusion

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

55 participants from Russia

Mono-citiesEconomic development

ARAB URBAN DEVELOP-MENT INSTITUTE

25 CONSULTATIONS & EVENTS IN 14 COUNTRIES

800 CITY LEADERS5,000 PARTICIPANTS

phase I—global consultations

phase I—building an action network of partners

Partner perspective

• Regional and global consultations

• Partnership building

• Foundational strategy and tools

• Co-create demand-driven knowledge products

• Translate partnerships and ideas into collaborative initiatives for cities

2 phased approach

SHARE, LEVERAGE, AND EVOLVE A GLOBAL POOL OF EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS

LEARNED ON SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION

JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM ON SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES

PHASE II (2013)—SEEDING COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES

SHARED LEARNING & PEER EXCHANGES

DATA-DRIVEN CITY MANAGEMENT & ICT

DATA ON CITIES FOR GLOBAL BENCHMARKING

GLOBAL LEARNING LAB FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING

Source: Urbanization Review team

Source: Nathan Fried-Lipski

Walking,

70.3

Taxi, 14.6

Boda-

boda, 5.9

Bus, 9.2

Source: skyscapercity.com

Source: Google Earth

TOWARDS “LEARNING CITIES”—OPEN KNOWLEDGE, OPEN DATA, OPEN TOOLS

DATA.WORLDBANK.ORG—8,000+ DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

VIRTUALLY NONE AT THE CITY LEVEL

Can we agree on standard indicators and

systematically share and “make sense” of data?