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Urban Development - World Bank Group The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs by building urban infrastructure and strengthening municipal services
Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization This report highlights the substantial investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries These investments are crucial to strengthen essential infrastructure, unlock new jobs, and ensure more sustainable urban development Resilient and low
Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes
New World Bank Financing Set to Revamp Dodoma’s Urban Mobility and . . . A new World Bank-financed investment will enhance mobility and accessibility in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, unlocking economic opportunities and creating over 10,000 new jobs by 2030, while boosting the city’s economic output by 2%
Promoting Livable Cities by Investing in Urban Mobility Urban transport is vital for connecting people to jobs, education, healthcare, and other essential services in cities The World Bank is supporting countries through investments in mass transit projects and other public transport improvements Since 2012, 12 metro and bus rapid transit (BRT) projects have been completed, benefiting more than 20 million people Among the many benefits of these
Urban Project Brings Hope in Djibouti and Beyond The Djibouti Integrated Slum Upgrading Project, launched in 2018, aims to improve living conditions in deprived urban areas in Djibouti City and to strengthen the capacity of public institutions responsible for implementing the Zero Slum Program
Kinshasa: Harnessing Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience Nature-based solutions like urban farming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate challenges including urban heat, flooding, and air pollution But how can governments and communities determine which nature-based solutions best meet their needs? In Kinshasa, indigenous knowledge, innovative tools, and proactive local government are helping to answer the question
India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban development . . . Investments in adaptation will also save over 130,000 lives from extreme heat impacts by 2050 With over 50 percent of the urban infrastructure required for 2050 still to be built, India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban infrastructure development “The imperative for India to build resilient cities at scale is clear
Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design Urban planning and design shape the environment around us – and that environment, in turn, shapes how we live, work, play, move, and rest Cities have historically been planned and designed for men and by men They tend to reflect traditional gender roles and gendered division of labor In general