A new urban agenda?

Author:

Satterthwaite, David

Publisher:

SAGE Publications

Date published:

2016

Record type:

Journal article

Journal Title:

Environment and Urbanization

Source:

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 28, No. 1, April 2016, pp. 3-12

Subject:

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Abstract:

...The text for what is termed ?The New Urban Agenda? is being prepared for agreement by national government representatives at Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in Quito in October 2016. The most pressing issue for this Agenda is not so much in what it says. We can predict with some certainty that there will be ringing endorsements for urban centres to be resilient, sustainable, safe and inclusive?Ideally, it will be shorter and more coherent than its predecessor, the Habitat Agenda endorsed at Habitat II in 1996, which ran to over 100 pages....

Language:

English

Catagory URL:

http://eau.sagepub.com

CITATION: Satterthwaite, David. A new urban agenda? . : SAGE Publications , 2016. Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 28, No. 1, April 2016, pp. 3-12 - Available at: https://library.au.int/new-urban-agenda-1