housing as part of the global discourse on urban development
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Living in the City
Housing as a part of the global discourse on urban development
Dr. Shipra Narang SuriGdynia, 24.06.2016
The global urban housing challenge
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A billion new houses are
needed by 2025 to accommodate 50 million new urban dwellers
per year
= USD 9-11 trillion by
2025
Housing in key global policies
• Habitat Agenda (1996) – “Adequate shelter for all” as a key goal
• Human rights – Adequate housing recognised as part of the right to an adequate standard of living
• Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing appointed by the UN
• MDGs (2000-2015) – Target on slums• SDGs (2015-2030 ) – Housing, basic services,
slum upgrading as a target within SDG 11
The Urban SDG and its Targets
SDG11: Make cities and human
settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Housing, basic services, slum
upgrading
Transport systems
Human settlements
planning and management
Cultural and natural heritage
Disaster losses
Environmental impact of
cities
Public space
National and regional
development planning
Integrated policy making,
esp. for disaster risk
Sustainable and resilient
buildings
Defining “adequate housing”Accessibility to Basic Services Affordability
Security of tenureHabitability
The need for a New Urban Agenda• To address the changing pace, scale and nature of
urbanization globally• To help the development of national and local policy
frameworks that reduce urban inequality, increase urban productivity and resilience, and address other urbanization challenges
• To assist and guide governments in implementing the SDGs, setting and achieving national and local targets, especially for SDG 11
• To ensure that this is effected through broad-based participation and partnerships
What is Habitat III?
Habitat I – 1976 –
Vancouver
Habitat II – 1996 –
Istanbul
Habitat III – 2016 – Quito
Housing in the New Urban Agenda
Planning in the post-Habitat III world
Advocacy
Knowledge
StrategyImplementation
Monitoring
What next in the Habitat III process?• Informal intergovernmental
negotiations – New York – 27 June – 2 July
• Prepcom3 – Surabaya – 25-27 July• More intergovernmental
negotiations – New York – as required
• Habitat 3 conference – Quito – 17-20 October
• Post-Habitat 3 Implementation –Global – 2016-36
How can you contribute to Habitat III?
For more information…
New Urban Agenda: www.habitat3.org Join the GAP: www.habitat3.org Join ISOCARP: www.isocarp.org Write to us: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Follow us: @ShipraSuri @ISOCARP
Let usFill the GAP!
so they have to Mind the GAP!!