Archives: City Issues

Supporting least developed communities, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials.

Substantially increasing the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and development and implementation, in line with the Sendai Framework for...

Supporting positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning.

Providing universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities.

Reducing the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.

Significantly reducing the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decreasing the direct economic losses relative to the global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and...

Strengthening efforts to protect and safeguard the cultural and natural heritage.