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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAbuja achieve activities Africa African cities African Union agencies Anna Tibaijuka Bamako basic best practices budgeting capacity capital cent centres challenges city development city managers City Strategy city's civil society Consultant continent Council cultural Development Plan Douala economic growth enhance ensure environment environmental eThekwini facilitate Forum framework funds global goals Habitat housing human settlements implementation improve informal sector infrastructure initiative institutions investment issues Kenya Lagos State Government land linkages Lusaka City Maputo Mayor megacity ment Millennium Development Goals million Ministry mobilization municipal Nairobi NEPAD Cities Programme NEPAD CITY AWARD Nigeria participation partners partnership population presenter priority private sector problems promoting Rabat regional integration road role rural sanitation slum upgrading social stakeholders sustainable development tion tourism transport UN-HABITAT urban development urban governance urban poverty urbanisation waste management World Habitat Day Zambia Popular passagesPage 197 - Provide democratic and accountable government for local communities; • Ensure the provision of services to communities in a sustainable manner; • Promote social and economic development; • Promote a safe and healthy environment; and • Encourage the involvement of communities and community organisations in the matter of local government. Page 157 - In particular, one of the targets associated with this goal is to achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2020 (Target 11). Page 211 - Distribution of Poverty Just as all socio-economic groups do not uniformly experience poverty, it is also not uniformly spread across the country. There is greater concentration of poverty in the rural areas than in the urban areas, and in the provinces outside the country's main line of rail than in the provinces along the line of rail. There are also intra-provincial disparities. Page 153 - Sustai nubility in all dimensions of urban development Cities must balance the social, economic and environmental needs of present and future generations. This should include a clear commitment to urban poverty reduction. Leaders of all sections of urban society must have a longterm, strategic vision of sustainable human development and the ability to reconcile divergent interests for the common good. Page 139 - The greatest test for human society as it confronts the twentyfirst century is how to use 'the power of technology' to meet the demands thrown up by "the power of population. Page 148 - Africa as a whole, the informal sector accounts for about 20 per cent of GDP and employs about 60 per cent of the urban labour force. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the informal sector accounts for 42.5 per cent of non-agricultural GDP and about 78 per cent of non-agricultural employment. It is also estimated that more than 90 per cent of additional jobs in... Page 89 - APRM is to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration through sharing of experiences and reinforcement of successful and best practice, including identifying deficiencies and assessing the needs for capacity building. Page xvii - United Nations Children's Fund United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Fund for Women United... Page 121 - Declaration's goal of improving the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2020, as well as to help in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of cities, towns and villages in post-conflict situations. Page 22 - ... development, human settlements, gender equality, and children. They have both shaped the international policy environment and catalysed similar processes of policy development at national, regional, and local levels, affording a critical linkage to sustainable development. Within the next ten years, more than half of the world's population will live in urban areas. Cities exert enormous environmental impacts far beyond their boundaries, and face challenges in several areas. These include minimizing... References from web pagesWEBLIS |
