Equitable housing integrated with low-carbon and affordable key services like water, sanitation, energy and accessible transportation is critical to ensuring the least amount of harm from climate change.
In Iloilo City, Philippines, community groups and local city authorities have relocated vulnerable residents from flood-prone settlements to safer homes.
Since 2011, the mayor’s office of Barranquilla created Todos al Parque, an urban parks program that re-generated 202 parks and built 48 new ones with resident participation. Photo by City of Barranquilla. History shows that when disasters and crises strike, cities often bounce back stronger and more resilient than before. The great Chicago fire famously gave rise to skyscrapers. Infectious disease…
FINALIST. Iloilo City's urban housing development is among the five finalists in the 2021-2022 World Resources Institute Ross Center Prize for Cities chosen from among the 260 applications from 155 cities in 65 countries. The grand winner will be announced in December 2022.(Photo courtesy of Sonia Cadornigara) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City's participatory approach to addressing issues on urban housing is among the five finalists in the 2021-2022 World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Center Prize for Cities from among the 260 applications from 155 cities in 65 countries. Iloilo City joined four other finalists from India, France, Colombia, and Pakistan, which were announced virtually during the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland on the evening of June 29 in the Philippines. The "Participatory Housing and Urban Development in Iloilo City" showcases the collaboration of urban poor communities under the Iloilo City Urban Poor Network and the city government to respond to is