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When buildings are under-utilized or when sites await development, meanwhile uses of the space can bring a range of benefits to urban areas.

When buildings are under-utilized or when sites await development, meanwhile uses of the space can bring a range of benefits to urban areas.

Each year, UN-Habitat calls for nominations from local governments, non-profit organisations and community-based organizations based on certain criteria.

Copy The Un-Habitat or the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, whose primary focus is to deal with the challenges of rapid urbanization, has been developing innovative approaches in the urban design field, centered on the active participation of the community. ArchDaily has teamed up with UN-Habitat to bring you weekly news, article, and interviews that highlight this work, with content straight from the source, developed by our editors. As the fight against coronavirus keeps on bringing many cities around the world to a standstill, the need to suppo...

The digital guideline presents a cost-efficient process that includes 9 building blocks on how to co-plan cities from a girl’s perspective. The 9 blocks represent the three phases of the urban development process. They guide the users through the assessment phase (block 1-3), the design phase (block 4-6), and the implementation phase (block 7-9). Moreover, each one of the blocks contains a number of activities with detailed steps to follow, and tools such as checklists, calendars, agendas, manuals, forms, boards, apps, templates, surveys, and visualization services. Courtesy of UN-Habitat a...