The Habitat Conferences are
conferences convened by the United Nations General Assembly every 20 years
since 1976 on issues related to urbanisation and sustainable human settlements.
Habitat III (aka the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban
Development) will take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016.
Member States of the General Assembly, in resolution 67/216, decided that the
objective of the Conference are to secure renewed political commitment for
sustainable urban development, assess accomplishments to date, address poverty
and identify and address new and emerging challenges.
THE ABC FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
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