UN Habitat has published its response to the serious problems posed by the pandemic in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Arabic countries.

The global pandemic raises some important questions about the links between public health and planning.

What can planners in Scotland (and the rest of the UK) learn from thinking and practice in other countries?

I am going to participate in the tenth World Urban Forum, in Abu Dhabi 8-13 February 2020.

Inside the slums and gated communities the opportunities and obstacles to sustainable and inclusive urban development can be seen.

A major study of health, education and sustainability in rapidly growing cities poses some difficult questions for public policy makers.

The Erasmus University in Rotterdam provides a series of on-line trianing materials on urban development and planning, with a particular focus on rapidly urbanising countries.

Urban Transformation and “New Style” Urbanisation in China was the theme of a major conference hosted by the University of Glasgow.

A conference at the University of Birmingham on 22 March on "Planning Challenges in the Commonwealth" will be the venue for the UK launch of the book "Leading Change"

The recent World Urban Forum was an opportunity to show UK engagement with urbanisation as a global issue. It was missed.