Spatially Informed Infrastructure Investment Prioritization to Finance Resilient and Sustainable Cities, for practitioners in local and national government and urban specialists.

With urban populations set to increase by 1.5 times by 2045, city leaders must accommodate the needs of their expanding populations. Planning and budgeting processes often lack spatial and cross-sectoral coordination, with investments based on funding ease and politics rather than environmental, economic and social impact.
Better approaches can capture stakeholder demands, prioritize and fit to budgets. Participants will use an evidence-based, spatially informed process to enhance city resilience, promoting SDG achievement. For practitioners in government and urbanists.
The aim of this course is to demonstrate how integrated spatial planning informs capital investment prioritization by engaging participants in:
• Overview of multi-criteria prioritization systems with spatialized criteria to optimize urban economic growth.
• Showcasing the use of the methodology in low- and middle-income contexts in different local governments.
• Planning and budgeting applications utilizing area-based investment portfolios.