You are here Home Urban Development Media Scan – 2 August 2018 USAID New Resource Hub: Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP) Global How will humanity feed itself by 2050? (7/30/18)Source: Eco-Business Rapid Urbanization Is a Risk to Global Security (7/23/18)Source: CityLab Darwin comes to town: how cities are creating new species (7/23/18)Source: The Guardian Arresting biological disasters: Role ‘smart cities mission’ can play (7/30/18)Source: Observer Research Foundation UN Agencies Pilot SDG 11 Reporting in African, Latin American Cities (7/26/18)Source: IISD Where is sustainable development headed? (7/20/18)Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Africa Maize Sellers Where Skyscrapers Could Be (7/31/18)Source: CityLab Ethiopia: Shaping Secondary Cities Than Ever Before (7/31/18)Source: The Ethiopian Herald Asia ‘A city in a garden’: Singapore’s journey to becoming a biodiversity model (7/30/18)Source: UN Environment Natural disaster-proof ‘back-up’ city underway in the Philippines (7/30/18)Source: Mother Nature Network In Malaysia, an island is drowning in its own development (7/27/18)Source: Eco-Business Floor Area Ratio incentives for urban development in India’s smart cities (7/29/18)Source: Devdiscourse Rising temperatures to carry big price tag in steam Sri Lanka (7/25/18)Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation In Philippines ‘city of the future,’ smart planning goes green (7/31/18)Source: The Christian Science Monitor India, Germany to collaborate for sustainable urban development (8/1/18)Source: Devdiscourse LAC In British Virgin Islands, hurricane whips up green energy transition (7/31/18)Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Building the Caribbean’s climate resilience to ensure basic survival (7/24/18)Source: Caribbean Life Middle East Arab start-ups upcycle to reclaim waste – and the future (7/22/18)Source: The Arab Weekly Posts and media items included in the scans are not endorsements and do not represent the views of USAID or the U.S. Government, unless stated otherwise. You can sign up to receive this, along with our newsletter here.