You are here Home Urban Development Media Scan – 29 December 2016 Here are the recent urban development media items: Global 2016 reveals deadly dangers of air pollution (12/27/2016)Source: The Herald How to Support Mental Health Through Urban Planning (12/23/2016)Source: CityLab Five ways to plan the cities of the future (12/22/2016)Source: The Guardian Agriculture: Sowing the city (12/22/2016)Source: Nature This innovative financing tool could reduce violence in a city near you (12/22/2016)Source: World Economic Forum How GPS data derived from e-taxi platforms could improve road conditions in developing countries (12/21/2016)Source: VentureBeat Twelve Organizations Promoting Urban Agriculture around the World (12/18/2016)Source: Foodtank Africa Nigeria: Climate change and the housing sector (12/25/2016)Source: The Guardian Volkswagen Wants To Pilot A New Business Model In Rwanda Combining Production, Ride Sharing (12/23/2016)Source: AFKInsider U.N. warns of water crisis in Nigeria’s megacity Lagos (12/22/2016)Source: Reuters African Development Bank Group Approves €769.78 Million to Improve Urban Transport in Abidjan (12/16/2016)Source: AllAfrica Asia Bangladesh: A peek into the first national conference on urban resilience (12/23/2016)Source: Dhaka Tribune India: Vizag emerges as model city in sanitation (12/23/2016)Source: The Hindu Google Maps will now guide you to the nearest public toilet in several Indian cities (12/22/2016)Source: Mashable Study reveals inequalities in carbon footprints of Chinese households (12/19/2016)Source: EurekAlert (AAAS) Human Rights and Sustainable Development (12/15/2016)Source: USAID LAC Mexico: Cities can pick up nations’ slack on combating climate change (12/18/2016)Source: Grist Middle East How to Help Urban Refugees (12/22/2016)Source: CityLab How to Understand Urban Violence in the Middle East (12/19/2016)Source: CityLab 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.