Urbanização

Articulo – Journal of Urban Research is a peer-reviewed online journal devoted to the exploration of urban issues through the lens of a wide range of social science approaches. The Journal embraces a multidisciplinary perspective on the transformation of social, environmental and economic issues of cities and city regions. Publishing both theoretical and empirical articles, the Journal is an international forum that brings together academics and practitioners working on urban issues in cities around the world to present ground breaking and relevant research.

Asia Pacific Viewpoint publishes academic research in geography and allied disciplines on the economic and social development of the Asia Pacific. Particular attention is paid to the interplay between development and the environment and to the growing interconnections between countries in the region. Coverage includes:

Federal ministry of Brazil concerned with cities and urban areas.

The Centre distills key learning points from Singapore’s urban development journey since its independence in 1965, while creating knowledge to address emerging urban challenges. It shares this knowledge with local and international urban leaders, with the aim of positioning Singapore as a global hub for urban solutions. The Centre’s work spans four main areas:

Research

The Centre focuses on two key research questions: 

The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is an alliance of global regional and national partners contributing to poverty alleviation through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure particularly through the development and dissemination of pro-poor and gender-sensitive land tools.

Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to shelter and livelihoods as well as the realisation of human rights, poverty reduction,economic prosperity and sustainable development.

The Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS) was founded in 1954 within the Faculty of Architecture. It was established as an independent scientific research organization by the Decision of the Republic Executive Council No.N/303 of May 13, 1961. The Institute’s scientific research and professional work is carried out within three organizational units as follows:

Journal of Regional and City Planning or JRCP is a tri-annual open access journal mainly focusing on urban and regional studies and planning in transitional, developing and emerging economies. JRCP covers topics related to the sciences, analytics, development, intervention, and design of communities, cities, and regions including their physical, spatial, technological, economic, social and political environments.

A Revista Rural Urbano é um periódico semestral vinculado aos grupos de pesquisas Produção do Espaço, Metropolização e Relação Rural-urbano da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (GPRU/UFRPE) e Nexus: Sociedade x Natureza da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Nexus/UFPE). Seu objetivo é constituir-se enquanto canal de veiculação científica da rede de pesquisadores sobre as relações rural-urbano, bem como congregar artigos e resenhas científicas, a partir da Geografia, que versem sobre processos existentes no espaço rural e no espaço urbano brasileiros.

The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission—unchanged since 1913—is to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world.

A Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), com sede em Florianópolis, capital do estado de Santa Catarina, foi fundada em 18 de dezembro de 1960, com o objetivo de promover o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão. Sua comunidade é constituída por cerca de 70 mil pessoas, entre docentes, técnicos-administrativos em Educação e estudantes de graduação, pós-graduação, ensino médio, fundamental e básico. São mais de 5.600 servidores, aproximadamente 2.500 professores e 3.200 TAEs.

"Urban LandMark" is short for the Urban Land Markets Programme Southern Africa. Based in Pretoria, the programme was set up in May 2006 with seven years of funding from the UK's Department for International Development until March 2013. The initiative is now hosted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa.