Urban Solutions: Metropolitan Approaches, Innovation in Urban Water and Sanitation, and Inclusive Smart Cities: A New Generation of Ideas

To encourage a new generation of urban policymakers and promote early career research, the Wilson Center’s Urban Sustainability Laboratory, Cities Alliance, IHC - Global Coalition for Inclusive Housing and Sustainable Cities, USAID, and the World Bank have teamed together to cosponsor the Reducing Urban Poverty Paper Competition for advanced graduate students.

This publication marks the 6^th year of the annual paper competition. The winning papers included in this volume offer original, solutions-oriented research to assess existing urban policy and practice.

Urban Solutions: Metropolitan Approaches, Innovation in Urban Water and Sanitation, and Inclusive Smart Cities: A New Generation of Ideas

Authors

Stephanie Butcher

PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Sustainability for Resilience / Development Planning Unit, University College London

Gregory Pierce

University of California, Los Angeles

Douglas McRae

Georgetown University

Ei-Lyn Chia

MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design, University of Cambridge

Chloé Malavolti

Sciences Po, Paris & Centre For Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Adèle Charbonneau

Sciences Po Paris

Jason Scott

PhD Candidate, Cultural Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder

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