strategy
Supporting intermediate city development
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. In order to relieve pressure on large urban agglomerations in developing countries, Agenda 21 recommends that policies and strategies should be implemented towards the development of intermediate cities which create employment opportunities for unemployed labour in rural areas and support rural-based economic activities. Sound urban management would be essential to ensure that "urban sprawl" did not expand resource degradation over an ever wider land area and increase pressure to convert open space and agricultural/buffer lands for development. Constrains:
Encouraging physical expansion of cities Facilitates:
Improving human settlement managementFacilitating shift from rural to urban lifestyles and settlement patterns Facilitated by:
Supporting very small scale economic activitiesAssessing environmental impacts of growth of intermediate cities Subjects:
Amenities → TownsDevelopment → Development
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
