UN-Habitat initiated and convened the process to develop “Urban-Rural Linkages: GuidingPrinciples and framework for Action” (URL-GP) with over 130 actors from over 40international agencies. The process was culminated with the acceptance of ten principlesand eleven fields of action. The principles are flexible and can be applied by all levels ofstakeholders at all scales. While the […]
According to the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 revision published by the United Nations, 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. In 1950, this figure was 30 per cent, and by 2050 it is projected to be 68 per cent. Urbanization implies “considerable changes in the ways in which people[…..]