title: Sustainable Cities Programme: a joint UN-HABITAT-UNEP facility on the urban environment with participation of the Dutch government.
abstract: The fundamental objective of the Sustainable Cities Programme is to promote environmentally sustainable local development to more fully realize the vital contributions that urban areas make to over-all social and economic development by: (1) enhancing efficiency in the use of local environmental resources, reducing environmental risks, and strengthening application of environmental conventions and agreements with growing regard to the Climate Change Protocol; (2) reducing poverty by promoting more equitable access to resources and environmental services; (3) mobilizing and strengthening local capacities to plan, co-ordinate, and manage sustainable local development in partnership; and (4) combining the complementary strengths of UN-HABITAT, UNEP, and other partners in support of Agenda 21, and the Habitat Agenda sustainable development commitments including improved local environmental governance.
authors.affiliation: UN-HABITAT, New York Office, 2 United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-950, 9th floor, New York, NY 10017, USA. habitatny@un.org
authors.forename: Axumite
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gebre-Egziabher
mesh_terms: D002958:City Planning / Q000379:methods*; D002980:Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D004779:Environment Design; D007391:International Cooperation; D009111:Local Government; D009426:Netherlands; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control; D014480:United Nations; D014506:Urban Renewal