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THEME PAPER

SDG 11 AND THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE,

INCLUSIVE, AND RESILIENT CITIES

MS. SWATI SINGH Building an equitable and INTRODUCTION
urban
future,
sustainable
SAMBYAL inevitably a daunting task, Cities are complex systems
that bring together diverse
MS. ADISHREE PANDA requires an urgent course- communities to work, live,
correction to redress systemic, and play. Just as the battle
MS. RINKY HALDAR persistent, and emerging urban against climate change will be
MR. ANKIT GUPTA issues. Inequalities take various won or lost in cities, so too will
forms, old and new, between the aspiration for sustainable,
and within countries and cities. resilient, equitable, and
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Crisis, such as the pandemic, and just societies. By 2050, it is
Development and the New Urban conflicts rapidly exacerbate and expected that 75 per cent of the
Agenda have highlighted a central create new inequalities – access to world’s population will live
and transformative principle of vaccines, technology, education in cities, increasing from more
‘Leave No One Behind’ (LNOB) and income opportunities, than 50 per cent presently. As
which “represents the unequivocal cities grow, especially in the
commitment of all United Nations environmental and climate
Member States to eradicate poverty inequalities, and migration. Global South, it will be vital to
in all its forms, end discrimination Cities with foresight to embed invest in new policies, plans
and exclusion, and reduce the universal values and principles and partnerships that ensure
inequalities and vulnerabilities that of “Leaving No One Behind” universal access to all urban
leave people behind and undermine can deliver equity and inclusion services. As we see increasing
the potential of individuals and of impacts from climate change,
humanity as a whole” as well as break spatial barriers the most sustainable and
of connectivity, proximity, resilient societies will be
and distance for city-regions
Key Words: Inclusion, Sustainable and entire nations. Cities that those that have resource-
Urban Development, Sustainable efficient systems in place to
Development Goals, Resilient Cities, adopt a rights-based approach to provide essential services to
Integrated Planning human settlements for citizens, their residents and that are
investors, and visitors alike can prepared to withstand and
Ms. Swati Singh Sambyal (swati. create inclusive, resilient, and adapt to climate-induced
singhsambyal@un.org) is Waste non-discriminatory societies and disasters by leaving no one
Management Specialist; Ms. Adishree communities. It is imperative behind and leaving no place
Panda (adishree.panda@un.org) is for cities in India to adopt
National Project Coordinator, LNOB behind. Achieving these
India project; Ms. Rinky Haldar is participatory, integrated, and two mandates will help to
Urban Planner, SCIAP Project (rinky. sustainable human settlement provide and maintain quality
haldar@un.org); and Mr. Ankit Gupta planning and management to of life for the world’s growing
(ankit.gupta@un.org) is Urban planner, address the needs of those who urban population in the face
SCIAP Project, UN-Habitat India are furthest behind. of extreme weather activity,

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