A major goal of the Institute is the enhancement of the quality of municipal services in Arab towns and cities.  This is achieved through professional and technical support to municipalities and municipal officials and administrators. The Institute is also dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the Islamic and Arab character and heritage of Arab Towns.

Go to The Beijer International Institute of Environmental Economics aims to foster links between economists and ecologists. The director is Karl-Göran Mäler.
The Beijer Institute is an international research institute under the auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The goal of the Beijer Institute is to foster interdisciplinary activities among natural and social scientists, in order to deepen understanding of the interactions between humans and nature, and to inform management of our common environment. The Institute seeks to realize this goal through a variety of activities, including research and training programs, seminars and conferences, and publications aimed both at the general public and the scientific community.

Go to The Brookings Institution:

The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. Celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2006, Brookings analyzes current and emerging issues and produces new ideas that matter—for the USA and the world.

The Center for an Urban Future is a New York City-based think tank that fuses journalistic reporting techniques with traditional policy analysis to produce in-depth reports and workable policy solutions on the critical issues facing our cities.

  A new kind of think tank, and the sister organization of City Limits magazine, the Center brings a unique, community-oriented perspective to the public policy arena. Our staffers function more like beat reporters than like academics, going out into the field to observe and interview neighborhood residents, local businesspeople and community organizations. We also consult with academic experts, government officials and others, in order to get the broadest possible view of an issue or problem, and to hear from all those affected by it.  In other words, we start with the facts.

 Go to  Center for Development Research - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung "The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented institute dedicated to research, policy dialogue and education. ZEF's research aims at a careful understanding of the rapidly changing context in which development is currently taking place. ZEF's research activities have been designed along three core areas: economic development and technological change, ecology and natural resource management, and political and cultural change."

Go to the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis:  University College, London

The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) is an initiative within University College London to develop emerging computer technologies in several disciplines which deal with geography, space, location, and the built environment. CASA is run under the Directorship of Michael Batty, Professor of Spatial Analysis and Planning (UCL).

Go to Centre for Cities

The Centre for Cities is an independent urban policy research unit. Our core funder is The Gatsby Foundation, one of the Sainsbury family charitable trusts; and our chair is Tom Bloxham MBE, chairman and founder of Urban Splash.
Cities don’t follow the national economy – they are the national economy. Cities are where most jobs are created, where most of our high-performing businesses are concentrated, and where most innovation occurs. But the performance of our cities is uneven, and the ability to share in opportunity is not equal. We believe successful cities can and should deliver prosperity, innovation, jobs and opportunities – but to do this, they need greater financial autonomy and political devolution.

Go to      Demos "Demos is an independent think tank and research institute based in London. Launched in 1993, its role is to help reinvigorate public policy and political thinking and to develop radical solutions to long term problems."