Cities in a Globalized World: The Global Human Settlements Report 2001

Author: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: ---- Cities in a Globalizing World – The Global Report on Human Settlements 2001 comprehensively reviews the state of world cities during the process of globalization and expresses a vision of making them better and safer places to live. I hope this will provide reliable and timely information to all people – particularly urban poor – so that we can formulate sound policies to steer urban life in a constructive direction. At the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, world leaders committed to significantly improving the lives of at least 100 million poor people by 2020. As we strive to achieve this goal and work toward implementing the Habitat Agenda adopted at the Istanbul Conference in 1996, the United Nations system, including UN-Habitat, will continue to serve in addressing the challenges faced by people worldwide.