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Well-being in Danish Cities

Urban green growth is about asking the right questions at the right time - Insights Blog

Are you a city-dweller, concerned about the challenges of urbanisation, resilience and inclusiveness? Cities and urban areas represent unrivalled concentrations of people, economic growth, commercial networks, and innovation – and have the potential to make a significant contribution to the transition towards a low-carbon world.

Habitat III and the challenge of urbanisation in five charts

A snapshot of current and future challenges in urban development and how they are impacting on human development, well-being, and public governance systems worldwide.

OECD, Habitat III and a New Urban Agenda

The OECD Governance and Territorial Development Directorate has worked closely with United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on urban development issues. This webpage highlights the complex governance challenges that cities present and offers guidance on how they may be overcome.

En l’absence de meilleures politiques du logement et des transports, les villes pourraient devenir des pièges à inégalités

Selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE qui montre que la majorité des villes présentent un niveau d’inégalités supérieur à la moyenne nationale, les gouvernements devraient repenser le logement, les transports et d’autres systèmes urbains pour éviter que les villes à la croissance rapide ne deviennent des pièges à inégalités.

Big Data, Complexity Theory and Urban Development

The global challenges of poverty eradication, environmental sustainability, climate change, and sustainable and secure energy are all intimately linked to cities, which are simultaneously places where these global problems emerge and solutions can be found. Blog by Ricardo Herranz, Nommon Solutions and Technologies, Madrid.

Make Well-Being Happen Where You Live - Blog

Your zip code matters – but not only to get your mail. It determines your chances of going to a good school, finding a well-paid job, breathing clean air or even living longer. Our day-to-day experience of life is essentially local, and this is precisely where governments and citizens can make a difference. Blog by OECD's Soo-Jin Kim.

Urbanisation and Complex Systems - Insights blog

OECD Insights blog on how new sources of urban data and urban scaling phenomenon can inform planners and urban developers.

Playing the Long Game: Urban Green Growth, Spatial Planning and Land Use - Insights Blog

Imagine you have an important decision to make. Do you carefully consider the long-term implications of each possible option or do you act impulsively? Would you approach the decision-making process differently if the consequences stretched out to 30 or even 50 years?

Zonage environnemental et développement urbain : Les parcs naturels régionaux en France - Document de travail de l'environnement

Cette étude présente une analyse empirique d’un certain nombre des effets secondaires qui peuvent être associés à ces instruments, en considérant le cas des parcs naturels régionaux (PNR) français. Elle examine trois effets secondaires sur le développement urbain dans la zone réglementée qui peuvent être associés à l’existence d’un PNR.