Sponsor: UN-Habitat
Project Duration: 2010-2012
On May 4, 2012, UN-HABITAT launched its first-ever State of Arab
Cities Report. The Arab world has played a very important role in
the history of urbanization. It is the region where urban
civilization was born and where urban matters have been addressed
for centuries. The Arab urban civilization, as it has evolved over
the past millennium, has generated some of the most beautiful
cities in the world. This publication is the latest of a series of
regional reports documenting the state of the world cities, and
the first to comprehensively analyze urbanization processes in the
Arab States through the review of its four sub-regions: the
Maghreb, the Mashreq, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and
the least-developed Arab countries of the Southern Tier.
Dr. Mona Serageldin,
the lead author of the report, was supported by a team of experts
composed of Kendra Leith,
Maria
Luisa Fernandez Mansfield,
Linda Shi and
Francois Vigier.
The report, in documenting and analyzing key demographic,
economic, housing,
environmental, governance and migration conditions in cities in
the Arab
region, presents a clear picture of the urban issues that will
need to be addressed to ensure a more stable, equitable and
sustainable future. This timely report is an important
contribution as cities, countries and international organizations
reshape their policies and strategies for the region’s
development.
Coverage in International News:
- “Arab World Population to Double by 2050,
report”,
Jordan News Agency, May 9, 2012
- “U.N. Says Housing, Job Woes Fuelling Arab
Unrest”,
Reuters, May 7, 2012
- “UN-Habitat Unveils First Report on ‘State of
Arab
Cities’ in Kuwait”, Kuwait News Agency, May 4, 2012
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