Planning Sustainable Cities: Global Report on Human Settlements

Author(s)
UN-Habitat
Publication language
English
Pages
338pp
Date published
01 Jan 2009
Publisher
Earthscan
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Shelter and housing, Urban
Organisations
UN Habitat

Planning Sustainable Cities: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009 assesses the effectiveness of urban planning as a tool for dealing with the unprecedented challenges facing 21st-century cities and for enhancing sustainable urbanization. There is now
a realization that, in many parts of the world, urban planning systems have changed very little and are often contributors to urban problems rather than functioning as tools for human and environmental improvement. Against this background, the Global Report’s central argument is that, in most parts of the world, current approaches to planning must change and that a
new role for urban planning in sustainable urban development has to be found.