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.
Kigali is bringing nearly 500 hectares of urban wetlands back to life—the largest city-wide urban wetland rehabilitation in Africa and one of the largest in the world. Five Wetland Ecosystem Parks will draw over one million annual visits by 2031, create 5,000 jobs, and result in $45-90 million in avoided flood damages, linking recreation, research, and nature-based tourism to community benefits.
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Simply adding land to cities or removing planning for housing and urban industrial needs is counterproductive to the problems we face.
World Bank: Event Implementation Report: Shaping Space: Responding to Economic and Demographic Evolution through Land Use and Urban Management in Japan and other Asian Countries
Event Implementation Report: Shaping Space: Responding to Economic and Demographic Evolution through Land Use and Urban Management in Japan and other Asian Countries
The Hindu: Economic Survey 2025-26: Urban land dead capital, must be used well
Highlighting issues pertaining to urban land use and facilities, the Economic Survey 2025-26, released on Thursday () referred to land in major cities as dead capital. “In economic ...
As urban populations grow, the ability of cities to generate jobs and drive development is increasingly critical. When urban centers expand, they foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and employment, helping entire regions and countries to become more prosperous and productive.