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Urban Development Overview - World Bank Group Urban Development As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and resilient cities and communities
Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes
India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban development . . . Investments in adaptation will also save over 130,000 lives from extreme heat impacts by 2050 With over 50 percent of the urban infrastructure required for 2050 still to be built, India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban infrastructure development “The imperative for India to build resilient cities at scale is clear
Urban Project Brings Hope in Djibouti and Beyond The Djibouti Integrated Slum Upgrading Project, launched in 2018, aims to improve living conditions in deprived urban areas in Djibouti City and to strengthen the capacity of public institutions responsible for implementing the Zero Slum Program
WORLD BANK SUPPORT FOR AMARAVATI AS A GROWTH HUB IN ANDHRA PRADESH World Bank support Under the Amaravati Integrated Urban Development Program, the World Bank will support the first phase of the city’s development The Program will help strengthen the institutions and build the capacity needed for an inclusive city that can serve as a growth hub for the state and create opportunities for its residents
Regenerating Urban Land: A Practitioners Guide to Leveraging Private . . . Many cities have underutilized or distressed areas that offer great potential for regeneration A new World Bank report and online tool help cities navigate the process of urban renewal, based on eight successful urban regeneration projects from around the world
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Enhancing Urban Resilience Addis Ababa requires actions and investments oriented toward implementing existing plans and regulations, establishing clear and capacitated leadership on risk management topics, and investing in infrastructure that meets existing and future needs
Papua New Guinea: Giving Urban Youth a Second Chance Unemployment of young people in urban areas is one of the biggest development challenges faced by Papua New Guinea (PNG) The World Bank-supported Urban Youth Employment Project, which is supported in partnership with the governments of Australia and Korea is helping youth in the capital of Port