Networks for Urban Professionals
IHS Alumni International
There is a great need for networking of urban professionals world-wide to promote our field of work in urban management and development. Hereby, sustainable urban development can be put on the agenda of local and national governments as well as of international organisations and donors. We have to make the pressing urban problems - and our expertise to solve them - visible. This makes it vital to connect us as professionals and share knowledge and experiences since in the end although all cities are complex and different we can learn so much about urban solutions. This is not only in the direction North-South but also South-North and increasingly important: South-South. This awareness of the need to create a platform and a voice for urban development professionals was one of the major motivations to found IHS Alumni International.
The interesting challenge will be that this network is virtual and online since its members are truly globally dispersed. We hope that all the real bonds that could be established by meeting at IHS Rotterdam as well as the possibilities of online communication will enable this unique network to become a success.
Therefore, IHS AI is an open space for YOU! Do you want to share your views and news together on a blog, do you read and post job ads & scholarships, calls for papers etc.? Then join in and help us to create a lively online platform. Email to us (alumni@ihs.nl) and post your professional profiles, discussion, comments & news on LinkedIn. We are working on creating our own IHS AI blog.
Urban networks & resources internationally
Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
Independent research organization “promoting innovative housing policy and practice” through collaborative research and knowledge transfer.
www.bshf.org
CityNet
Bringing together cities and partners to work towards creating vibrant, resilient urban centres.
www.cinet-ap.org
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
EADI is a professional network for development and regional studies in Europe. Members are a wide range of development research and training organisations, think tanks, national bodies and researchers throughout Europe. Site with overviews on trainings, calls for paper submissions, publications
www.eadi.org
European Network for Housing Research
The Network is composed of researchers from a variety of social science disciplines dealing with housing and urban issues. Publishing information on conferences, a newsletter etc.
www.ibf.uu.se/enhr/about.html
International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
ISOCARP is a global association of experienced professional planners
www.isocarp.org/
IFHP - International Federation for Housing and Planning
World-wide network of professional institutions and individuals active in the broad fields of housing, urban development and planning. With the goal to “create and promote understanding of human settlement issues in a changing world”.
www.ifhp.org/
Urbanicity “For Local Government and Urban Development
New Zealand based organisation hosting a useful site with well research news from the around the world, newsletter (“city matters bulletin”), the worlds largest database of City and Government websites etc.
www.urbanicity.org
Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
An independent, international, non-profit alliance of organizations and individuals from 80 countries in both the North and South working in the area of human settlements.
www.hic-net.org
International Alliance of Inhabitants
An international network of residents’ associations and social movements, communities, tenants, people who are homeless or living in informal settlements, cooperatives, indigenous people and working class neighbourhoods.
www.habitants.org
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
An international association of local governments and national and regional local government organisations that have made a commitment to sustainable development.
www.iclei.org
IAPS – International Association of People – Environment Studies
An international association gathering all those disciplines which share an interest in environment and behavior studies; such as environment psychology, planning, geography, architecture, and so on.
www.iaps-association.org
The N-AERUS network
N-AERUS is a “pluridisciplinary network of researchers and experts working on urban issues in developing countries”.
www.n-aerus.net
For more international agencies and networks you can visit the website of BSHF.
For conferences & meetings go to EUKN.
