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Intermediary Cities, Urban Strategic Planning - 28/08/2014
In Argentina, like in many countries in Latin America, medium-sized cities have suffered sustained demographic growth accompanied by disorganized processes of urbanization. The Government of the Province of Santa Fe took this as a challenge. As part of its Provincial Strategic Plan. (+)
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Peer Learning, Housing, City-to-city cooperation - 27/08/2014
Between last July 28 and 30, a delegation composed of political representatives and technicians of the eTthekwini Municipality, as well as of representatives from the academia and civil society of Durban, visited the Housing Secretariat of the City of São Paulo (SEHAB). (+)
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Urban innovation - 26/08/2014
The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation (hereinafter referred to as “Guangzhou Award”), the 2014 China International Friendship Cities Conference and the 2nd Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Conference are scheduled. (+)
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Cooperación descentralizada - 25/08/2014
UCLG-MEWA and Cités Unies France (CUF) will organize a side event meeting for Franco-Turkish decentralized cooperation on the UCLG-MEWA premises within the framework of the Vivapolis Symposium, to be held in Istanbul on 23-24 September 2014. This symposium aims to present expertise in sustainable cities. The meeting is organized by UBIFRANCE. (+)
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City-to-city cooperation, Cooperación descentralizada - 22/08/2014
In one of many initiatives of the AL-LAS Project to encourage decentralised international cooperation, notably between Latin American and European cities, a technical visit proved a positve step forward for several local government representatives in ensuring cooperation between their cities. (+)
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Urban Agenda, Sustainable urbanization - 22/08/2014
While 72 % of the total EU population live in cities, towns and suburbs, this proportion is likely to reach more than 80% by 2050, giving rise to numerous social, environmental and democratic challenges. In this context, the European Commission is planning to strengthen the urban dimension of its policies by introducing a European Urban Agenda. (+)