A new urban paradigm pathways to sustainable development
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Cities must play a more prominent role in planetary problem-solving.<br />
Benjamin Barber<br />
The ingenuity of those surviving on the margins should not be<br />
over-romanticised, but nevertheless it speaks of an ability <strong>to</strong> innovate,<br />
adapt and transform.<br />
Nancy Odendaal<br />
It is just a matter of time before deeply entrenched and stale political<br />
systems will have <strong>to</strong> reinvent themselves <strong>to</strong> contend with a <strong>new</strong> political<br />
culture, more demanding citizens and the increased information-driven<br />
scrutiny that mark most African countries.<br />
Edgar Pieterse<br />
The long-held connection between <strong>urban</strong>isation and growth that has<br />
shaped the <strong>development</strong> of the advanced cities and nations of the West<br />
has become much more tenuous in <strong>to</strong>day's rapidly <strong>urban</strong>ising regions.<br />
Richard Florida<br />
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)<br />
United Nations Development Programme<br />
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70076-900 Brasília, DF - Brazil<br />
Telephone: +55 61 2105 5000<br />
ipc@ipc-undp.org www.ipc-undp.org<br />
© 2016 International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth<br />
United Nations Development Programme<br />
ISSN: 2318-8995
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