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4th session of the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum
The main theme of the Forum will be "Harmonious Urbanization".
 
The six sub-themes will be as follows:

  1. Socially harmonious cities: inclusion, rights and equity for all;
  2. Economically harmonious cities: strengthening urban financing, investments and infrastructures;
  3. Environmentally harmonious cities: greening and servicing cities in the urban era;
  4. Spatially harmonious cities: enhancing urban, rural and regional cohesion;
  5. Historically harmonious cities: heritage, preservation and urban renewal;
  6. Generationally harmonious cities: learning from the past and engaging the future, including key issues like youth, aging population, Internet and ICT, education and health care, and sports and music.
Organized by the UN-Habitat and the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction, will be hosted by the Nanjing Municipal Government, at the Nanjing International Exhibition Center.

The World Urban Forum is a biennial gathering that is attended by a wide range of partners, from non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, urban professionals, academics, to governments, local authorities and national and international associations of local governments. It gives all these actors a common platform to discuss urban issues in formal and informal ways and come up with action-oriented proposals to create sustainable cities.

It was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies and policies.

The first World Urban Forum took place in Nairobi in 2002, the second World Urban Forum in Barcelona in 2004 and the third session of the World Urban Forum was held in Vancouver in 2006.

Official website of the 4th Forum (in English and Chinese)
 
Start Date 03-11-2008
Start Time 9:00 AM
End Date 06-11-2008
End Time 5:00 PM
Event Type Forum
Event Location Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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