Inaugural Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization Academic Lecture

This lecture explores housing as both a human right and a foundation for social well-being, economic stability, and sustainable development. It examines today’s housing challenges and opportunities within global frameworks such as the UN’s Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda, the upcoming Second World Social Summit for Development, and the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. The session also introduces UN-Habitat’s role and approach, looking at regional housing crises, their drivers, and responses. Topics include informal settlement upgrading, governance, finance, and sustainability, with case studies encouraging students to reflect and connect these issues to their own work.

Speakers:
Francis Bronet, President, Pratt Institute 
Yasemin Kologlu, President, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization
Anacláudia Rossbach, Under-Secretary-General, and Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat
Quilian Riano, Dean, School of Architecture, Pratt Institute