WUF9 Substantive Report-s

NATIONAL URBAN POLICIES
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Current and future trends related to populaon composion and distribuon;
Demographic projecons;
Economic assessment;
Environmental condions taking into account gender, age, income, educaonal level, employment and
economic sectors.
Formulate medium and long term urban demographic projecons and trends
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Sufficient to accommodate urban growth
Protecng sensive areas and avoiding uncontrolled sprawl.
Balance the need for equitable access to land and respect for property rights against sustainability
concerns
Use of land as a producve resource,
Avoiding regulatory constraints on land supply that limit urban producvity and affordable housing
supply.
Establish naonal rules to determine land suitability for urbanizaon
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Sets out the roles and responsibilies for all spheres of government based on the principle of
subsidiarity
Public parcipaon as applied to urban planning and management (though their legal basis needs to be
accounted for).
Define the roles and jurisdiconal responsibilies of all levels of government and local authories
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Brings the spaal dimension to development
Contributes to the alignment and integraon of naonal
Sectoral development plans and policies at different territorial levels
Align naonal urban policies with naonal and sectoral development plan
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Contributes to reducing territorial disparies and inequalies,
Promong an inclusive and producve system of cies and human selements,
Strengthening urban-rural linkages.
Ensure the equitable provision and access to infrastructure, public goods and services,
Naonal and regional economic development
Resilience and environmental protecon,
Adopt a framework to reduce urban and territorial disparies
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Promotes the horizontal coordinaon of policies and plans across jurisdicons for the efficient, equitable
and affordable delivery of basic services and infrastructure, according to an agreed set of standards.
Adopt a framework to reduce urban and territorial disparies
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