Events
New CUSP Publication: Regeneration and Revitalization in the Americas: Toward a Stable State
Edited by Fernando Carrion and Lisa M. Hanley
Defusing the Bomb: Overcoming Pakistan's Population Challenge
Pakistan's population—currently about 185 million—is expected to rise to 335 million by 2050. On June 9, the Wilson Center hosted a day-long conference to examine both the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan's demographics, and to discuss how best to tackle the former and maximize the latter.
Changing Cities: Climate, Youth, and Land Markets in Urban Areas
The number of urban slum dwellers worldwide is staggering. According to UN-Habitat, 827.6 million people live in slums around the world. Despite meeting a Millennium Development Goal to significantly improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020, the total number of people living in these areas still increased by 55 million between 2000 and 2010. By 2020, the world slum population is projected to reach 889 million. With the majority of people now living in cities, urban priorities are synonymous with human security and environmental sustainability and must be accounted for in the global development agenda. The result of the third annual paper competition co-sponsored by CUSP, USAID, IHC, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance, the chapters in this publication highlight the new research and innovative thinking of the next generation of urban planners, practitioners, and policymakers.
Governance, Urban Environment, and the Growing Role of Civil Society
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Papers Series, 34), 2000. PDF: 133KB/18 pages
Conference Reports
To receive a copy of any of the following conference reports, please email
cusp@wilsoncenter.org.
The face of healing in the Aftermath of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, Personal Reflections
Paper contribution to the April 2011 seminar on post-disaster community engagement.
Small Ships on a Global Sea: Local Democracy in a Turbulent Age
Washington, D.C.:Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 1998. (Comparative Urban Studies Occasional Series; 18).
Reflections on Community Resilience: A Cross Cultural Study
Paper contribution to the January 2009 seminar on community resilience.