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Urban Governance & Development Challenges and its implications for the
LGLD Strategy in the light of the MoU with UN Habitat
November 2012
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Future World Population Growth: Overwhelmingly Urban
1. URBANIZATION TRENDS
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Population Growth: Predominantly in Cities of Poor Countries
91%
7%
2%
9%
57%
34%
18%
32%
50%
Source: UN Urbanization Prospects 2005
1. URBANIZATION TRENDS
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• Increasing urban population• Continual migratory trend• Higher urban trend in poor countries• Development and expansion of urban slums• Urban managers are overwhelmed• Growing towns are dysfunctional • Abuse of rights especially minority• Focus on physical issues – landuse
India alone the increase in urban population exceeds U.S. population.
2. URBANIZATION : Urban Challenge
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• Growth in urban poverty• Informality grows• High level of exclusion• Inadequate public service delivery• Capacity and capabilities of urban managers
challenged• Human rights abuses (ejection)• Environmental degradation• Mounting health hazards and risk exposure
2. URBANIZATION : Implications
Urbanization and Per capita Income Kenya 1960-2003
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Urbanization and Per Capita Income Brazil 1960-2003
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• Municipal Poverty Support• Urban poverty reduction policy• Increasing household Resilience• Promoting participation in Urban Governance• Pro-poor land & housing access• Waste Management• Environmentally sound infrastructure• Urban governance assessment• Urban observatory• Capacity development for Land management• Local Economic Development • HIV/AIDS Management in urban areas
Urbanization - UNDP Responses
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i.Effective advocacy and monitoring of urban issues and partnerships
ii. Promotion of participatory urban planning, management and governance
iii. Promotion of pro-poor land and housing
iv. Environmentally sound basic urban infrastructure and services
v. Strengthened human settlement finance systems
Urbanization – MoU with HABITAT
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• Focus on the Added Value of UNDP to the Urban governance and development process
• Integrated Urban governance and development approach
• Focus on rights based approach• UNDP to focus on the pro-poor dimension • Focus on areas of impact on marginalized and
vulnerable urban groups – Youth, Women, Migrants, Indigenous groups
• Harness the varied capacity within UNDP towards urban governance
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Urbanization – Integrated LGLD Implications
Urbanization- Areas of focus for UNDP
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• Urban Policy development • Create the platform for urban actors
• Influencing perception and psychology of urban development: Spatial to Integrated – LGA, Training Institutions; Urban Advocacy groups etc.
• Capacity support to urban/city managers• Specific Capacity city initiatives:
• Response to informal dwellers• Urban security• Waste management & CC adaptation• Facilitating Local Economic Development• Urban security• Urban focused decentralized cooperation
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• Inventory of UNDP Urban initiatives• Organize existing UNDP urban initiatives into
knowledge documents • Select focus areas for integrated responses• Dialogue with UN-Habitat to define areas of emphasis
with respect to selected focus areas• Select focus countries for integrated urban
governances and development approach
• Crucial aspect is Key areas of focus for the Integrated Urban Governance and Development
Urbanization- Way Forward