Search the UrbanShift site to find publications, articles, blogs, webinars, people, and other resources to support you in learning about integrated approaches to urban development.
Through on-the-ground interventions in more than 23 cities across nine countries, UrbanShift implements multi-sectoral solutions to critical urban challenges, demonstrating pilot approaches that can be scaled up and replicated in other neighborhoods and cities.
UrbanShift's work can be divided into eight thematic areas, which constitute the focus of our local city projects as well as the global capacity-strengthening activities. Browse resources relating to each of these topics below.
Collaboration is a cornerstone of UrbanShift's work. We aim to transform cities through leveraging the networks and specialized expertise of our funding and partner organizations, implementing agencies, and the diverse members of our partnership engagement group.
UrbanShift’s approach to transformative urban development is two-fold: local action at the city level combined with a global capacity-building offer.
At UrbanShift's COP26 side event, we highlight examples of multi-level governance and climate action from Brazil, Rwanda and India.
This handbook was launched at COP26 and provides case studies from cities around the world that demonstrate how to sustainably tackle the urban heat island effect.
This webinar examines best practices and examples of city-business collaboration on NBS to understand the benefits, challenges and opportunities created from private sector engagement in Freetown’s tree-planting campaign.
Food needs to be nutritious, sustainable and affordable for all. Integrated food systems can help achieve this goal, in addition to spurring local job opportunities in urban and rural areas.
The UrbanShift Resource Library provides a curated collection of high-quality knowledge products pertaining to key integrated development topics, from strategic planning to circular economy and climate finance. These resources have been produced by our partner organizations.
