Urban agriculture and urban forestry can combine environmental goals such as reducing the ecological footprints of cities and utilizing city wastes with broader economic and social goals.

At the same time, a consultation service was established, operating in the general area of the capital city.

22. Encourages Member States to strengthen or establish, as appropriate, broad based national Habitat committees with a view to mainstreaming sustainable urbanization and urban poverty reduction in their respective national development strategies

The Sustainable Cities Programme has become a primary tool for supporting the implementation of Agenda 21, the environmental dimension of the Habitat Agenda and the Millennium Development Goals through a process of broad based participatory urban decision making.

Three examples will be selected for wide dissemination and learning.

Development of modern, innovative planning instruments and methodologies based on wide ranging participation on the part of stakeholders would help in addressing the growing urban challenges.

The Programme has a very broad mandate and, under the themes of urban governance, sustainable development and shelter, it covers a wide range of social and economic issues.

The Urban Challenge in Africa Growth and Management of its Large Cities

Knowledge for Urban Development

The strategy of the Government on regional and urban development focuses on the preparation of urban development plans, human resources development, the establishment of an Urban Regional Development Joint Commission and Technical Committees, and the creation of the Financial System for Urban Development.

(e) Mega cities and urban development.

Mega cities and urban development

The National Urban Development Programme focuses on four operational areas the One Hundred Cities Programme, aiming at strengthening the capacity of cities to receive investments and promote development the programme for the consolidation of metropolitan areas the promotion of regional planning and the strengthening of the legal framework for urban development as well as the programme for the promotion of social and private sector participation in urban development.

Municipal funds to support sustainable urban development could be established.

There was discussion on sustainable urbanization as a process of challenges and responses, including the relationship between strategic sustainable development and master planning, which could be considered within the wider context of improving urban governance.

Development was broader and more ambitious than the Millennium Development Goals.

(b) Development of green spaces in urban areas area of city parks .

Shanghai was a very intriguing city it's exploding on a level that I don't think any city has experienced.

Cities and Sustainable Development

This is an important development that deserves to be widely adopted.

Through the Cities Alliance Programme the environmental component will be strengthened in city development activities and urban poverty reduction strategy papers.

The challenge instead is to plan, develop and manage cities in the interest of those who live there.

Cities were the centre of attention for all policies. Sustainable development in cities was the basic challenge of the Millennium Development Goals.

268. In general, the urban renewal strategy has developed from solid and concentrated work in limited areas to more widespread work in which publicly subsidized urban renewal is used as a catalyst and locomotive and in which the affected owners and tenants are given a major say in the result.

They've gotten bigger they're spread out.

In 2003, the first national development framework laid out the Government's broad development objectives.

Therefore the issue of development financing for the developing countries should be looked at in a comprehensive manner.

It will also help to strengthen the city's economy.

There was general agreement about the importance of competition for development and growth.

Building inclusive financial sectors for development

The issue of cost to cities, especially those in developing countries, was also discussed.

The world's population is becoming increasingly urban and three quarters of the urban population growth is occurring in developing countries.

Cultural Heritage A Tool for Urban Development

The above analysis shows a wide range of dynamic sectors, the growing market potential in developing countries and the continuing importance of developed country markets.

Rapid urbanization, especially in Africa, was a threat to sustainable development and could not coexist with high population growth.

The Government has earmarked priority areas and urban centres for urban, social, and industrial development.

Cities as Drivers of Sustainable Development

And now, out of typically 46 cities, 33 of those mega cities are in the developing world.

The first segment was devoted to the involvement of cities in international policy, city to city cooperation and exchange between cities and local governments on the achievements of sustainable urban development through municipal cooperation.

Rather, the Goals are part of a broader development programme.

Colombia has continued improving sectoral management and the urban policy, quot Cities and Citizenship quot , focuses on inter ministerial coordination and the implementation of strategies for urban development by local authorities.

Role of Urban Centres in Regional Development

Property Rights and Sustainable Urban Development

The cities in many developing countries, particularly in Asia, have developed extensive waste economies, structured through itinerant waste buyers, waste pickers, small waste shops, second hand markets, dealers, transporters, and a range of recycling industries.

However, domestic capital market development requires wide ranging reform and achieving coherence between the policies is not easy.