Welcome to Sustainable Urban Development!

An international,  multidisciplinary forum to promote sustainable commercial, industrial & residential development in and around urban areas.

Sustainable Urban Development is an online forum devoted to promoting the principles of sustainability in the built environment, especially in urban areas. Whether you work within the field of sustainability or have a personal interest in its policies and principles, this group is for you.

The inspiration for this online community was the extraordinary World Urban Forum 3 -- a UN-Habitat conference in Vancouver which drew more than 10,000 attendees from every corner of the world during June 2006. This group is designed to empower individual and collective interaction among its membership in the pursuit of sustainability in developed environments.

N.B. For those of you who are not already members of Sustainable Urban Development on LinkedIn, here is the URL for the group there: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/30405/1F741776E55E

I am completing the fitting-out process for the new online home for our group, so please pardon the virtual dust.  In the meantime, please feel free to take advantage of the features that are already in place for the group: a shared calendar, discussion forums, member profiles, photo gallery, file storage and more.

Please also complete your member profile and feel free to make suggestions to improve the effectiveness and usefulness of this group.

LAST MEMBERS ONLINE

  • Audrey
  • Rachel
  • Na
  • Bissera
  • Peter
  • Rick

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MOST RECENT POSTS

Grow Island Game

With the online Grow Island Game you are the ruler of your very own island, which you can develop from the ground up. Click the panels in the order you prefer. The features you select will grow with each turn. There are many possible ways to proceed, but only one sequence will max out all the features. Can you figure out the right combination? Caution, major time sink -- but lots of fun! (Thanks to Chris Milton for discovering this game.)

Can You Save Ecocity?

Deutsche Welle (DW-TV) has developed an online game called Ecocity. The object of the game is to make an environmentally sound choice at each play zone (bathroom, kitchen, garage and supermarket) within a set period of time -- and save Ecocity from a flood. Each zone has a number of choices -- make the right choices and Ecocity is safe. Make the wrong choices, and hope the citizens of Ecocity are strong swimmers! One hint -- check each play zone thoroughly because it is very easy to miss an important choice -- and act quickly!

Info on World Urban Forum III, IV and V

Information pertaining to World Urban Forum 5 (2010) can be found HERE (English) and HERE (Spanish) or HERE (Portuguese).

Information pertaining to World Urban Forum IV (2008) can be found HERE (English).

Information pertaining to WUF3/FUM3 (2006) can be found HERE (English) or HERE (English) or HERE (French).
 

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