Triple Bottom Line Urban Enterprise
by Lenora
August 3, 2017 in Blog, South Asia, Southeast Asia
As a proud media partner for the 6th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum in Hong Kong on September 4-7, 2017, Developing Smart Cities is looking forward to this sixth conference by Habitat for Humanity International. With the theme of Housing at the Center, an echo of Habitat III, the program focuses on practical and scalable solutions for…read more
by Lenora
August 2, 2017 in Blog, Global
The World Resource Institute (WRI) recently waded into affordable housing after years of focusing primarily on energy, water, conservation and other traditional environmental sustainability themes. Although the inaugural working paper Confronting the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South: Adequate, Secure, and Affordable Housing does not break new ground, it does a positive service by…read more
by Tracy Factor
August 1, 2017 in Blog, Featured Member
This month’s featured member is César Ramírez Martinell (@cesar), Chairman and Founder of Barcelona Housing Systems. Architect and planner, César Ramírez Martinell is the chairman of Barcelona Housing Systems, a company active in the development, design and construction of affordable green housing. After studying architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture at the University of Barcelona…read more
by Lenora
Finance and investment in housing continue to emerge as outlier themes in international development finance and impact investment. Our friends at ImpactAlpha often cover impact investment and other innovation in affordable housing, both in the US and emerging markets. Reported by ImpactAlpha, a summary of alternative finance trends in Africa, Developing World Alternative Finance, by…read more
by Lenora
Last month’s blog post about Shaping the Future of Construction, led by the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group, underlined the urgency of industry transformation in construction and engineering cited by this initiative. McKinsey’s work on Imagining construction’s digital future share many points, among which: Construction, infrastructure and real estate lag in integrating new operating disciplines…read more
by Tracy Factor
June 21, 2017 in Blog, Featured Member
This month’s featured member is Christopher Feather (@ckalamu), Executive Director of Kalamu Consulting. Christopher Feather is the Executive Director of Kalamu Consulting, a financial sector development firm specializing in emerging markets. He is a financial sector professional specializing in housing finance development in emerging markets. Prior to establishing Kalamu Consulting, he worked at the United…read more
by Lenora
While most industries face the bite of digital, consumer and other disruptions, construction and real estate have thus far managed to grow without threat to their core business models. The Shaping the Future of Construction initiative led by the World Economic Forum and the consulting firm the Boston Consulting Group suggests innovation is seeping into…read more
by Tracy Factor
May 17, 2017 in Blog, Featured Member
This month’s DSC featured member is Rebecca Regan, Executive Vice President and President, Capital Market Companies of Housing Partnership Network.
by Lenora
April 27, 2017 in Blog, Global
Although this site focuses on housing investments, one of the big themes on DevelopingSmartCities.org is private investment in cities’ low carbon transformation. Many of these infrastructure investments in sectors like transportation, water and energy overlap with the built environment and housing. Earlier this month, CDP and C40 Cities released The Low Carbon Investment Landscape in C40 Cities to…read more
by Tracy Factor
April 24, 2017 in Blog, Featured Member
This month’s featured member is Manikandan KP (@manikp), Chief Executive Officer of Indian Housing Federation. Manikandan is IHF’s CEO and institution builder. Born and brought up in Chennai, Manikandan brings with him 12 years’ experience in retail housing finance. He has worked for Equitas Housing Finance Pvt Ltd, Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Ltd, ABN…read more
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