With cities increasingly in the spotlight on the international stage, urban planning and development has become a critical issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While slums continue to grow in most developing countries, reinforcing other forms of inequality, urban planning requires a shift from viewing urbanisation mainly as a problem to seeing it as a powerful tool for development, according to the 2015 UN-Habitat Global Activities Report.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/un-habitat-global-activities-report-2015-increasing-synergy-greater-national
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/un-habitat-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unemployment
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-planning
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-land
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-water-supply
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-sanitation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-housing
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global