Aga Khan Agency for Habitat | Planning for Opportunity

This year’s theme for #WorldHabitatDay, Housing for All: A better Urban Future, is an opportunity to reflect on the state of #housing in our towns, cities, and communities, exploring how we can build stronger, more #resilientsettlements. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights how fundamental our homes and neighbourhoods are to our quality of life - are our homes safe and comfortable, do they have running water and electricity; are there green spaces nearby for our children to play, or hospitals, schools and other social infrastructure? The #AgaKhan Agency for Habitat (#AKAH) works to ensure that people live in safe, sustainable, and resilient physical settings, providing them opportunities to thrive. AKAH’s #HabitatPlanning framework is a process that spans community-centred participatory design, government engagement, socio-economic and land-use Geographic Information System (GIS) data analysis, planning, design, and construction, to help communities plan for opportunity.