Towards a Quantifiable Measure of Resilience
Christophe Béné – The objective of this paper is twofold. First it illustrates and discusses some of the challenges related to the measurement of resilience by reviewing some of the … Continue reading
Foreign Policy Goes Local
How Globalization Made São Paulo into a Diplomatic Power The key to realizing these new diplomatic goals is what is known as paradiplomacy, or subnational foreign relations. With the strengthening … Continue reading
Three mistakes we’re still making about Smart Cities
Originally posted on The Urban Technologist:
(David Willets, MP, Minister for Universities and Science, launches the UK Government’s Smart Cities Forum) (I was asked this week to contribute my view…
Urban world: The shifting global business landscape
Emerging markets are changing where and how the world does business. For the last three decades, they have been a source of low-cost but increasingly skilled labor. Their fast-growing cities … Continue reading
Corporate Accountability in ASEAN: A Human Rights-Based Approach
Assesses the impacts of business on human rights in the ASEAN sub-region. Originating from cases presented at two public hearings organised by civil society groups in 2011 in response to … Continue reading
Can Sustainable Cities be Secure Cities?
Mike Jenks – The debate about cities and security often concentrates on crime. However there is more to it than that. The quality of life for citizens will also depend … Continue reading
Strengthening Gender Justice
Gender equality and women’s rights are being inadequately framed as “mainstreaming” concerns, rather than as a transformative necessity for the realization of sustainable development. The recent report from the High … Continue reading
Prevalence of and factors associated with non-partner rape perpetration
Jewkes at al – Our study provides evidence from a large multicountry study that non-partner rape perpetration is quite prevalent among men in the general population across a range of diverse … Continue reading
