Mr Greaves says

Inclusive urban medium speaks for half the globe

A Swiss developed website forum which allows members to upload mini documentaries on urban projects sharing knowledge, issues and accomplishments in urban developments. This is a wonderful interface with project documentaries organised in movable cloud clusters, alphabetically or by geographic location.

Created by Rainer Hehl and Jörg Stollmann in 2009, this website is an important and relevant modern tool for architects and urban planners alike as the globe encounters unprecedented urbanisation with resultant self-built and self-organized cities. With current trends continuing, 2 billion people or one-half of the global urban population will be living in precarious slum-like conditions in only about 20 years from now.

Urbaninform wants to associate this immense know-how developed bottom-up with professionals and experts on a global level. Urbaninform connects new urban economies with urban design strategies, formal with informal actors, bottom-up with top-down organizations, and micro with macro scales in order to support an equitable and sustainable urban development. (urbaninform.net)