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Urbepedia is a wiki about all things urban – the experiences and challenges of city life in the 21st century, the history of cities and ideas about cities, current views on urban design and city planning, urban sustainability, the megacities of the developing world, how technology affects the way we live in cities, citizenship…

In 1800, approximately 3% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. In 1900 it was 14%, and in 2000, 47%. This year the global urban population is in the majority. The importance of creating and managing sustainable and liveable cities cannot be underestimated.

This wiki opens the door to everyone who has knowledge, ideas and experiences about cities to share them in an open forum. The open and collaborative exchange of information of wikis is an ideal model for the 21st century city. Please feel free to contribute to this collaborative effort. If you are new to wikis and Wikia, you can read the How_to_edit_a_page and license information by following the links.

You can add content by clicking on any link or editing this page. You can create a new page anywhere by following these instructions.

Did you know: You can get notification of new articles in Urbepedia by pasting the URL: http://urban.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Recentchanges into your RSS reader (i.e. BlogLines, Google Reader, etc).


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Quote of the Day
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."--Jane Jacobs, Writer and Activist

Current events

 * 2 February 2015 New members invited to contribute
 * 21 January 2015 10 new members join in 2014
 * 20 August 2014 new article added
 * 30 June 2014 new articles
 * 14 August 2013 new article
 * '''21 September 2010 New article
 * 8 July 2008 New articles
 * 21 August 2006 A new additional administrator to help Flaneuse is appointed. Feel free to ask questions to her.
 * 5 February 2006 Urbepedia is founded.

Other Related Wikis
(See also our WikiNode)
 * Wikia sites
 * Ecovillage
 * Sustainable Community Action
 * Towns, Villages and Cities - mostly from specific personal experience
 * Wikipedia pages
 * Wikiproject Environment
 * Wikiproject Urban

FAQ

 * How is Urbepedia different from Wikipedia? See Urbepedia:About.
 * How do I participate? See Help:Contents


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Categories
You can assign multiple categories in each article in order to classify it better. Click here for Category List

About Cities
This section has descriptive information about cities and the nature of the urban.


 * History - History of the city
 * Cities - Information about particular cities
 * Megacities - Cities of 10million + inhabitants
 * Urban Fabric - Descriptions of bits of cities
 * Urban Elements - Streets, Parks, Plazas

Making Cities
This section is about the planning, design and creation of cities and urban spaces. It can include general information about the process of making cities as well as more specific information about particular projects.


 * Urban Design - About designing in the urban realm, at every scale
 * Planning Cities - Planning processes in different countries
 * Reconstruction of Cities - Approaches to reconstruction of cities following natural disasters or un-natural wars
 * Sustainable Cities - Ideas and information about how to minimise the environmental impact of cities, and how to ensure social and economic sustainability also
 * Politics and the City - How different models and levels of governement can affect cities.
 * Transport - Roads and cars, different modes and different approaches to public transport, moving goods around
 * Services - Water, electricity, comminications, gas
 * Technology - How technology is changing the city
 * Mapping - Different ways of mapping the city

Experiencing Cities
What it means and how it feels to live in a city, what makes a good city, how great it is to walk around in a city


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 * Liveability - What makes a city liveable
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Imagining Cities
The idea of the City has captured the imagination, from the Biblical Heavenly City to Calvino's Invisible Cities to Batman's Gotham City. This section explores some of the ideas, metaphors and representations of the city.


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