The launch of National Urban Development Policy by the Government is a step in the right direction. This will guide how cities and towns will be planned. Although they contribute significantly to the ...

A policy framework to guide the rapid urban development sector is required in the wake of the new Constitution. The country lacks a policy to guide urban development despite the ongoing construction ...

A recent study published in The Lancet Planetary Health found that specific urban development policies might reduce road traffic deaths in Latin America and similar cities around the world. The ...

More than half of the world’s population live in cities - urban areas that produce approximately 70% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As the City Climate Finance Gap Fund’s first project to ...

The United Nations has predicted that Lagos will likely be the third most-populated city by the Year 2030, with a projected population of about 30 million. It is also Nigeria’s most-populous city at a ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for deeper collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) as it prepares to implement the newly approved National Urban ...

Lagos State Government says its 30 years urban development policy will bequeath a blueprint for management of the built environment sector, to ensure orderliness. The Commissioner for Physical ...