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Find out more about the Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference 2020 here.

Highlights of the APRU SCL hub activities and contributions in 2022 5th Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference 2022 in Honolulu, Hawai’i Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy 2022 SCL Pilot Course and Case Study Database Global Sustainability: Waste & The City 2022 Resilient Urban Landscape Webinar For more information about the Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program, please visit https://www.apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/sustainable-cities/.

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For more information about the Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Program, please visit https://apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/sustainable-cities/.

Highlights of the APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program’s research and educational activities in the second half of 2023 and 2024 include: The 6th APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Conference 2023 The 7th APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Conference 2024 Galápagos Summer School 2024 APRU Biodiversity for Sustainable Cities Webinar Series 2024 For more information about the Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program, please visit https://www.apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/sustainable-cities/.

For more information about the Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program, please visit https://www.apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/sustainable-cities/.

The APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscape Program (APRU SCL) annual report documents the program’s activities and achievements in 2025 and outlines the plan for 2026. Contents Leadership Updates  Program Overview Mission  Programmatic Goals SCL Program Contributions  What we have achieved  Major Activities and Accomplishments     Annual Conference    Mayors Academy     Scholarly Outputs    APRU Global Sustainability Course 2025-2026 Goals and Objectives     Annual Conference and Working Groups    Teaching and Educational Collaboration APRU SCL Leadership .    Executive Committee    Steering Committee    Ex Officio Members Appendix For more information about the Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program, please visit https://www.apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/sustainable-cities/.

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Publisher: Springer Date: January 3, 2026 Editors: John Dunn Insua, Ximena Córdova, Jaime López-Andrade ISBN: Print: 978‑3‑032‑08799‑7 eBook: 978‑3‑032‑08800‑0 Hyperlink: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-08800-0 Human Galapagos – Boundaries, Territories and Places emerged from the 6th APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL) Conference, hosted by Universidad San Francisco de Quito in August 2023, and reflects extensive transdisciplinary collaborations among researchers across the Pacific Rim. The book offers a comprehensive, place‑based study of how human and ecological systems interact across the Galápagos Islands. Bringing together experts in architecture, landscape design, ecology, urban planning, and environmental policy, the volume analyzes how borders, territories, infrastructure, and cultural imaginaries shape both challenges and solutions for sustainability in the archipelago. Developed through APRU’s Sustainable Cities and Landscapes program network, the book provides new frameworks for understanding the Galápagos as a socio‑ecological model with global relevance.

Global citizens get few moments to rethink streets and make decisions that will both serve the basic purposes of transportation and address urgent challenges like climate change, rising obesity, social isolation and conflict— all while expanding opportunities for general happiness throughout society. Such a pivotal moment is upon us, as autonomous vehicles represent a potentially disruptive technology that can re-make the city for good or for ill. City planners, policy makers and community residents have a unique, and immediate, opportunity to rethink their streets with purposeful and creative consideration about how this critical public good may best serve the public for generations to come.