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The Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization - Summary for Policymakers

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@misc{20.500.11822_31624 author = {United Nations Environment Programme, International Resource Panel}, title = {The Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization - Summary for Policymakers}, year = {2018}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/31624} }
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The proportion of the global population living in cities and towns is expected to rise from 54 percent in 2015 to 66 percent by 2050; which will result in a significant expansion of existing cities, as well as the construction of new cities. Without a new approach to urbanization the material consumption by the world’s cities will grow from 40 billion tonnes in 2010 to about 90 billion tonnes by 2050. Therefore, the resource use implications and environmental impacts of urbanization are significant. Resources should now become a central policy concern, in addition to concerns over climate change. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shift the expected urbanization onto a more environmentally sustainable and socially just path. Decisions made today on urbanization and land use models, as well as on critical infrastructure, will determine whether our investments are future-proof or whether they in fact lock us into an unsustainable path. This report calls for a new strategy for 21st Century urbanization and presents the parallel actions on urban planning, sustainable design, resource efficient components, and infrastructure for cross-sector efficiency that are required for a transition towards low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially just cities. It also presents the new governance model and politics of new imaginative business propositions and experimentation that will make possible such transition.
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