Learning & Resources Documents

Designing with Empathy: A Practical Guide to AI Personas for Inclusive Architecture & Urbanism

Can a machine help us design for the people a plan usually forgets? This guide makes an honest case that it can — as long as it never decides alone. When a park or plaza is first sketched, whose experience is actually in the room? Workshops and surveys are essential, but they tend to reach...

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GIS and Spatial Analysis for Urban Practitioners

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Urban Practitioners is a hands-on, practice-driven guide that empowers urban planners, designers, architects, and policymakers to use geospatial tools with confidence and purpose. The document showcases how GIS strengthens urban decision-making by revealing spatial patterns, informing planning scenarios, and guiding data-based interventions across mobility, land use, green space, housing, and...

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Learning & Resources - Proud Green Cities Adelaide en Singapore

Proud Green Cities: Adelaide en Singapore

Maarten Loeffen shows how Adelaide and Singapore lead as green cities, combining sustainability, biodiversity, and climate resilience with quality of life.

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Learning & Resources - Digital Citizenship in Asia Pacific

Digital Citizenship in Asia Pacific

UNESCO’s Digital Citizenship in Asia-Pacific guides educators to build students’ skills, values, and resilience for safe, responsible online engagement.

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Brief - Transforming education for the future

Transforming education for the future

UNESCO’s Education 2030 agenda calls for quality education for all, prioritizing Africa and gender equality, as a key to improving lives and the planet.

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World Urban Parks