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31/10/22 13:35 PM IST

World Cities Day

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  • The United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239.
World Cities Day 
  • This year’s global observance is planned in Shanghai, China under the theme “Act Local to Go Global.”
  • On December 27, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) established World Cities Day through a resolution.
  • The first celebration took place on October 31, 2014.The UN-Habitat programme, established the following year, promotes the development of sustainable cities in line with SDG 11 goals.
  • It conducts the annual Urban October programme for this purpose which begins on the first Monday of the month and ends on October 31, with World Cities Day.
Significance 
  • Urbanisation is a marker of national economic growth. Such development, however, faces social, economic, demographic and environmental challenges.
  • Some of the most visible challenges to rapid urbanisation are displacement of original inhabitants, felling of trees, animals losing their habitats, issues of healthcare, food supply and pollution.
  • World Cities Day helps address these challenges by bringing together all stakeholders of local and global urban development.
Source- Indian Express 

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