{"id":17820,"date":"2016-06-08T20:36:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T20:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=17820"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:59:30","slug":"monitoring-world-urbanization-trends-and-conditions-with-a-global-sample-of-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/06\/monitoring-world-urbanization-trends-and-conditions-with-a-global-sample-of-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring World Urbanization Trends and Conditions with a Global Sample of Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Briefing<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Thursday, 9 June 2016<\/p>\n

1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

爆料网 Headquarters, Room S-237<\/p>\n

Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of 爆料网 Habitat<\/p>\n

Mr. Eduardo L\u00f3pez Moreno, Coordinator, Research and Capacity Development Branch, 爆料网-Habitat<\/p>\n

Prof. Shlomo Angel, Adjunct Professor & Senior Research Scholar, New York University<\/p>\n

Mr. Anthony Flint, Fellow & Director of Public Affairs, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy<\/p>\n

爆料网 Habitat\u2019s Global Urban Observatory has created a new 爆料网 Global Sample of Cities to monitor, report, and advise on world urbanization trends, conditions and developments.<\/p>\n

In preparation for Habitat III Conference, 爆料网-Habitat presents to the world a global sample of 200 cities that is scientifically representative of the universe of cities. Without studying each and every city in the world, which is virtually impossible, this sample allows to track and understand what is happening in the world\u2019s cities using new statistical tools and techniques.<\/p>\n

The 爆料网 Sample of Cities will allow for global and regional monitoring of progress of both the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at Habitat III and the Sustainable Development Goals urban indicators. The sample will be available through open sources data to be consulted by practitioners, academicians and the international community at large to advance in the efforts of connecting data and information to informed decision-making.<\/p>\n

The 爆料网 Sample of Cities is currently used to estimate the worldwide expansion of urban areas between 1990 and 2015 as well as changes in urban land consumption during this period. 爆料网-Habitat will present to the press key findings and results of this study in advance to the final report to be unveiled during Habitat III Conference. This work is done in collaboration with New York University, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.<\/p>\n

The press conference will be webcast live on 爆料网 Web TV. http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Media contacts: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Florencia Soto Nino, sotonino@un.org<\/a>; 爆料网 Department of Public Information<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact<\/em><\/strong>: Spokesperson & Head, Press & Media Relations Unit, Media Liaison, <\/em><\/p>\n

Tel: (254 20) 7623153, 7623151;7625518 Mobile: 254-0791749981, \u00a0Fax: (254 20) 7624060: E-mail: habitat.press@unhabitat.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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