«In April 2014 UN-Habitat launched the Global Urban
Lectures - lecture packages focused on subjects related to cities and
urbanization. Each package consists of a 15 min video, a synopsis of the topic,
a biography of the speaker and links to in depth study. The speakers are
associated with UN-Habitat’s work, recruited from universities, think-tanks,
governments, NGO’s, and private sector institutions. The series wishes to
demonstrate a sound evidence-based analysis of a given problem and issues at
stake, identify propositions to address them and provide examples that
demonstrate how such propositions actually work, are being tested or have been
implemented.(…)» (UN-Habitat)