Territories, regions, small towns and rural municipalities
| Main Authors: | Sánchez Cano, Javier, Férnandez, Agustí, Tacoli, CEnglishecilia |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4554207 |
Daftar Isi:
- According to data for 2015, 58% of the world’s population resides in rural areas and smaller human ‘settlements’ – small cities, towns, villages – with a population of 50,000 individuals or fewer.1 The socio-economic wellbeing of a significant share of the world’s inhabitants – including those in urban settlements – is thus intrinsically linked to the viability, sustainability and dynamism of these territories. Overcoming a rigid rural- urban dichotomy is a precondition for the achievement of many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda. As acknowledged in the process paving the way to Habitat III, many of the key components of the New Urban Agenda necessitate a wider territorial approach.2 The involvement of regions, small towns and rural municipalities is, therefore, as critical as that of metropolitan areas and intermediary cities to strengthening collaboration and integration along the rural-urban continuum.