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

dc.contributorInternational Resource Panelen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.authorInternational Resource Panelen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-17T08:29:08Z
dc.date.available2020-02-17T08:29:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.otherDTI/2166/PAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/31624
dc.descriptionThe 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.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.languageFrenchen_US
dc.languageSpanishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofIRP Reportsen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectCITIESen_US
dc.subjectRESOURCES MOBILIZATIONen_US
dc.subjectURBANIZATIONen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTIONen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTHen_US
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENTen_US
dc.subjectURBAN PLANNINGen_US
dc.titleThe Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization - Summary for Policymakersen_US
dc.typeBriefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategiesen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communitiesen_US
wd.tagsCitiesen_US
wd.tagsWaste managementen_US
wd.topicsFinance and Economic Transformationsen_US
wd.topicsResource Efficiencyen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber36 pagesen_US


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