About the product
The central challenge of the 21st century will be how to make both globalization and urbanization work for all the world's people. This report describes the impact of globalization on cities and what can be done to ensure that the fruits of globalization are shared more equally. Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements is a comprehensive review of conditions in the world's cities and the prospects for making them better. It chronicles the human settlement conditions and trends since the second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) convened in Istanbul in June 1996. It takes a look at the progress made in the past five years and the issues that continue to confront a changing world. The publication also focuses on key strategies to promote and facilitate the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, the main policy document and plan of action.
