Triple Bottom Line Urban Enterprise
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on October 2, 2016
Impatience to move forward on the New Urban Agenda reaches its height at Habitat III. Over four October days in Quito, a global multitude will strategize on how to execute this ambitious, aspirational and multi-stakeholder framework for developing “the city we need.” How can Habitat III be as effective as possible at mobilizing business, finance…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on July 17, 2016
Is affordable housing innovation for sustainable and inclusive communities happening? Yes, absolutely, but scaling, replicating and financing remain a challenge. That was the takeaway from the 2016 Strategic Innovation Summit on Affordable Communities Everywhere, held by the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH) with support from Barcelona Housing Systems, where I attended and keynoted. The…read more
Added by Rebecca Menes on June 14, 2016
Graffiti always reveals the truth. It symbolizes what is most urgent to a nation, from its deepest angst to its most heartfelt hopes. So when I arrived in Accra and saw #ghanagoesgreen emblazoned across a wall on one of the capital’s busiest streets, I felt a pang of anticipation. Then I saw it again –…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on December 30, 2015
Last year, 2015, was the Big Bang for cities. The Ted Talk-listening “popular intelligentsia” was suddenly as fascinated by the best managed and most sustainable cities as the most insecure and exposed. Whether stories of rapid, chaotic urban growth in developing economies or the path to developing dynamic, inclusive, sustainable and resilient cities, urbanization has…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on November 29, 2015
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21 for short), starts tomorrow in Paris. While this may seem far away from the daily lives of the Developing Smart Cities members and readers, I assure you it isn’t. To illustrate how close the talks are to our world, this post is about…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on November 13, 2015
When a developer wins an award for sustainable housing, it’s almost always because of high tech, high design and higher standards. Here’s a story about a developer in Mexico who won an award for building sustainable homes for lower income families. Casas Paquimé’s award is exciting because they’ve been working at sustainable housing for more…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on September 2, 2015
Is it surprising that Mexico’s housing markets are already starting to recover, if slowly, from the housing crisis of two years ago? Not really. After all, Mexico has an unmet housing deficit of 9 million units. About 40% of that gap is for new housing and the rest for improvements. Single adults, couples and families…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on August 3, 2015
Given the challenging political backdrop in the Middle East and in Egypt specifically, I was surprised at the invitation I received to the Housing Egypt Summit in Cairo at the end of October. Based on the promotional white paper available on the site, any reader might conclude that there’s a fair amount of affordable housing development in the pipeline. It also…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on May 6, 2015
Continuing our last post, IFC’s EDGE software has gained traction quickly because it brings a range of real estate players to the table around green building. Even with a great tool like EDGE, how can an organization like the IFC drive adoption? They still have to disseminate the tool across users to strengthen the business and institutional landscape. No…read more
by Lenora
Added by Lenora on May 2, 2015
The Developing Smart Cities site is increasingly driven by the manifesto to strengthen the links of the affordable housing ecosystem in emerging and developing markets – a topic that Debra Erb passionately wrote on recently. We were so impressed with how the EDGE software represents this mission that we decided to follow up on our…read more
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