Transcending the top-down and technocratic approach to urban planning, the book discusses communities envisioned socio-spatial urban planning prioritizing disaster risk management, resilience and equity in Tomorrow’s Cities Tomorrow's Cities UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/43…

📰What gap does Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment - our flaghship #inclusive disaster #risk reduction urban planning framework & toolbox - fill? Together at The University of Edinburgh reflecting on the future of our Hub! Stay connected and find out! 🧐

A remarkable feat! Chattogram, a coastal city in SE Bangladesh, has swiftly transformed community-created #future visions into digital land-use plans in just two months. Great effort of both local & #TomorrowsCities international teams.
University of Dhaka ZISAN Sohel Rana

📢 #Disasters hit social groups unevenly, amplifying existing inequalities post-event. How can we create policies ensuring no one is left behind? Discover our approach! 👇
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👐Our work is firmly grounded in the belief that truly #inclusive cities can only be built by incorporating the visions and aspirations of all stakeholders, especially those of the most disadvantaged communities. Learn how we're doing it! 👇
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🇳🇵In Nepal, we've been working alongside Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies(SIAS) to change the future of #Khokana , one of the rapidly urbanizing towns in the #Kathmandu valley. You can now read all about it in this recently released report 👇
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#Learning needs to shared to make an impact and that's why our researchers have tirelessly been sharing their experience as part of #TomorrowsCities ! Last week, Tanvi Deshpande, Max Hope, Ekin Ekici, Roberto Gentile and Dilli Poudel have been at UKADR and University of Huddersfield !

Successful completion of Tomorrow’s Cities Future Visioning Workshop at Bairag, Bangladesh. People described their aspirations for the future city they want. Then delineated future cities following the multi-hazard conditions and national-level policies.
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Wrapped up an inspiring Future Visioning Workshop in Chattogram. From landless communities to civil society, everyone shared their #future visions.🌆✨ #FutureCities #CommunityEngagement #VisioningWorkshop

Communities aspirations for tomorrow's resilient and equitable cities of Nepal, Bangladesh and Kenya resemble, reflecting the fundamental challenges of the global south countries. Tomorrow's Cities UK Research and Innovation Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies(SIAS) Africa Research & Impact Network

Bangali communities are so constructive in discussion and equally creative in co-mapping their future cities - Chattogram, Bangladesh

Bairag's (Bangladesh) Future Visioning workshop started with enthusiasm, excitement and knowledge synergy

It was an excellent view of the Himalaya, captured on the way to Dhaka

Our just-published article focuses on how the agroforestry society of the Mid-hills is changing and how smallholders are fine-tuning agricultural practices to meet subsistence needs Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies(SIAS) . doi.org/10.1080/147280…

Trending in #Geography :
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1) The invisible labor of climate change adaptation (Global Environmental Change)

2) Cyber-physical decentralized planning for communizing (@CompChange)

3) Knowledge infrastructures & political capability in Nepal and T (@pol_geog_jl)

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Our just-published paper in the Political Geography journal talks about how the Knowledge Infrastructures (KIs) – discourses, alliances, and expertise – underpinning participatory planning may reconfigure political subjectivity and marginalisation . doi.org/10.1016/j.polg…

I am extremely SORRY that Prof. John McCloskey passed away yesterday. He, through Tomorrow's Cities Project, successfully linked several nations and encouraged hundreds of researchers to work together to envision tomorrow’s resilient and equitable cities. Rest in peace, John.

Yarının İstanbul'u / Tomorrow's Istanbul community groups navigated the visioning scenarios they created through Tomorrow's Cities TCDSE Dashboard which dynamically displays the risks by impact metrics on buildings, households, individuals, education and job accessibility for the poligon of interest. #DRR

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The community groups, elected representatives & authorities and the researchers & scientists should work together to best plan for Future Rapti City, remarks Dr. Dilli Poudel from SIAS.
Tomorrow's Cities Tomorrow's Cities Rapti Dilli Poudel Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies(SIAS)