Tag: UN Habitat

The UN’s 1976 Habitat I conference in Vancouver produced The Vancouver Declaration. The Declaration was accompanied by the Vancouver Action Plan (also known as “64 Recommendations for National Action”). While the work of many—as all UN declarations and documents are—this portion of the  Vancouver Declaration known as the Vancouver Action Plan owes a great deal… read more UN Habitat I: The Vancouver Action Plan

Believe it or not, the above image is of the official PDF of this important declaration, on the UN’s own website. Doodles, spills and all Since the UN Habitat: Conference on Human Settlements was held in Vancouver in 1976, there have been major Habitat conferences every 20 years. Habitat II was held in Istanbul in… read more UN Habitat – The Vancouver Declaration, 1976

Hi Habitat family members, Can anyone fill in the missing names? And please let me know if any of these names are wrong! The image is property of the City of Vancouver Archives and I can’t publish the original. Please don’t reproduce! Thank you… I am only publishing this marked up version for research purposes.… read more Habitat crew photo – wood delivery day

Photo credit: Erol Baykal OK everyone, I need your help! I had not wanted to release this photo before the book came out but we haven’t identified enough of the crew, so it would be wonderful if you could assist in identifying faces. Click on the image and then use the zoom tool to zoom… read more Habitat Crew Photo 1976 – please help identify faces!

“ONU [UN] GO HOME!” Graffiti near the botanical gardens in Medellín, far from the WUF7 site Guardian Cities, section in the Guardian on urban issues, ran an op ed today by a rep from from the Rockefeller Foundation. It was a glowing encomium to Medellín, host city for UN Habitat WUF7. Given the odd soft-pedalling… read more Assessment of UN Habitat’s World Urban Forum 7

I didn’t realize that First World* cities would get their own day. I suppose if they didn’t require the spotlight too I might not have ended up here. I’m at the UN Habitat World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia, April 5-12. After all, Vancouver—the site of Habitat I, the very first UN Habitat conference ever… read more At UN Habitat’s World Urban Forum 7 in Medellín, Colombia 2014

I still have mine. Do you? Please bring any Habitat mementos you may have to either of this year’s walking tours of the site at Jericho Beach. Details: Walking Tour: April 14, 2012, Saturday at 12:45 pm. By donation. Walking tour of Habitat site! Part of the Artists Walking Home series. Please join us! Please pre-register… read more Habitat dollar coin – “Vancouver dollar”

UN Habitat was formed in 1978 after its founding conference in Vancouver in 1976. It seems worthwhile to reprint its history and mandate here. From the UN Habitat website: In 1978, when Habitat was established, after a meeting in Vancouver known as Habitat I, urbanisation and its impacts were less significant on the agenda of… read more History of UN Habitat