Better Cities Aug 2025
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Last updated on 29 August 2025
Better Cities | Aug 2025
Global Minds, Shared Insights
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CLC is moving!
With effect from 15 September 2025, our office will be at this new address:
5 Maxwell Road, #18-00, Tower Block, MND Complex
Singapore 069110
We look forward to welcoming you at our new home!
See you at Urban Science Week 2025!
Cities today face increasingly complex challenges that require solutions backed by science and data. Urban science helps cities work better - from building stronger defenses against climate change to creating smarter transportation systems that reduce congestion.
Running from 1 - 5 September 2025, CLC’s Urban Science Week showcases thought leadership on research and innovative solutions, presenting an opportunity to glean insights from Singapore’s experience, where international expertise converges with local knowledge to shape resilient, sustainable, and liveable urban futures.
Lecture Report: Healthy Cities by Design: Green Infrastructure and Climate Resilience
As climate threats intensify—exacerbating urban heat, air pollution, and extreme weather—integrating resilient infrastructure and nature-based solutions becomes crucial for protecting public health. This 90-min webinar explored how cities can use climate-responsive design and digital innovation to build healthier, more resilient urban environments.
This is the second of two CLC-UNDP webinars, a joint initiative under the recently signed MoU between Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities and the UNDP Singapore Global Centre.
Liveability Framework: Part 10 – Measuring Urban Liveability
CLC launched the refreshed Liveability Framework (LF) at the World Cities Summit in June 2024. The publication and its dedicated website were recently launched during the Mayors Forum of World Cities Summit in July 2025. This is the last of a 10-part series on the LF that showcases its various components.
While conventional metrics like infrastructure provision and safety remain important, cities must now also consider elements that create meaningful places and foster a sense of belonging, such as cultural programming and creative placemaking.
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Urban Solutions #26 | Towards Shared Prosperity: The Drive for Social Progress in Mexico City
Beyond economic growth indicators, the measure of a city’s social and environmental well-being also enables a better understanding of the conditions of its inhabitants and contributes to the formulation of more effective public policies. To assess well-being in Mexico City, Sandra Martínez Peña, an analyst at México, ¿cómo vamos?, a think tank based in Mexico City, shares more about ¿cómo vamos? And the Social Progress Imperative initiative collaboration to publish the Social Progress Index (SPI) 2015-2023.
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Urban Solutions #26 | From Industrial Origins to Cultural Metropolis: Bilbao's Transformation
Bilbao, the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Laureate in 2010, has undergone a remarkable transformation from an industrial hub into a modern cultural metropolis. Read more about the city's past, present, and future ground-breaking initiatives continue to shape its dynamic urban evolution.
Source: City Council of Bilbao
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