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Cities of Migration looks outside national borders to cities around the world, London, Malmo, Auckland, Turin, Hannover and many more, for practical innovative ideas that integrate migrants successfully into city life. Explore our showcase of good ideas in integration across the themes of Work, Live, Plan, Connect and Learn with […]

Cities and urban regions exercise a powerful pull factor on immigrants seeking a better life for themselves and their families. The integration of immigrants, that complex and challenging process of helping thousands of immigrants fulfill their hopes and dreams, becomes then a central feature of successful cities. Many cities are […]

This brochure is a prospectus for one of the main scientific themes of the International Year of Planet Earth 2005. It was published a few years ago but it still provides a good overview of some facts about megacities. [issuu width=420 height=297 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120315104055-9230c72a625c4f08a05624dbd2b9371a name=megacities_-_our_global_urban_future username=futurechallenges tag=cities unit=px id=a86bfa5e-250a-3f05-40a5-f5d0bc50cd8a v=2]

Thomas Friedman has argued in The World is Flat that those who deny rapid globalizationwill not survive in the global economy. In this paper the authors critically discuss Friedman’s views and highlight the new globalization driven by outsourcing and vertical specialization. Second, they argue that Friedman pays insufficient attention to […]

Oil‐rich
 Abu
 Dhabi 
is 
building 
a 
green
 metropolis.
 Should
 the
 rest
 of
 the
 world 
care? “If 
the 
Masdar 
project 
doesn’t
 justify 
itself 
financially, 
it
 could 
indeed
 be 
just
 a
 green
 playground 
for
 the 
rich, 
an 
environmental
 theme
 park 
that 
is
largely 
irrelevant 
for 
the 
development
 of
 sustainable 
technology 
on
 a
 broader
 […]