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Foreword

This publication on "Implementing SDG11 by connecting sustainability policies and urban planning practices
through ICTs" has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)
initiative. This publication provides a study of the advantages of using ICTs to support the implementation of
the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 11, by facilitating the missing linkages that exist
between sustainability policies and urban-planning practices through digitally-enabled urban actions.

Acknowledgements

This publication has been researched and written by Lluïsa Marsal (Future Cities Catapult, UK) with the
support of Tomás Llorente (SETSI, Spain) Graciela Braga (CGEIT, Argentina), Stan Curtis (Urban.Systems, USA)
Jordi García-Brustenga (University of Barcelona, Spain) Javier Garcia (Smart and City, Spain), Raffaele Sisto,
(Smart and City, Spain), Enric Marti, (Bismart, Spain), Nikolaos Kontinakis (Eurocities, Belgium), Stacie Walsh
(ICC, UK), and Vimal Wakhlu (ITU-APT Foundation, India).

The authors wish to thank the U4SSC management team, Gloria Placer Maruri and Nasser Al Marzouqi (U4SSC
Co-chairmen) and Victoria Sukenik and Paolo Gemma (U4SSC Vice-chairmen) for their respective assistance
and contributions.

The authors also wish to extend their gratitude to the contributing organizations along with their
representatives: Oliver Hillel from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Lucy Winchester and Vera
Kiss from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Simone Borelli from the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cristina Bueti, Mythili Menon and Reyna Ubeda from the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Iryna Usava from the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), James Murombedzi from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),
Ivonne Higuero and Domenica Carriero from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE),
Guilherme Canela from the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Martina Otto and Garrigan Curt from
United Nations Environment (UN Environment), Maria Atkinson Am and Gary Pivo from the United Nations
Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Motsomi Maletjane from the United Nations
Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), Andre Dzikus, Tania Lim, Jean Yves and Robert Lewis
from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Pradeep Monga, Toni Lim and
Katarina Barunica from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Nuno Lopes,
Soumaya Ben Dhaou and Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen from the United Nations University – Operating Unit on
Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), and Alexander Baklanov from the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO).

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
views of their respective organizations or members.

© CBD, ECLAC, FAO, ITU, UNDP, UNECA, UNECE, UNESCO, UN Environment, UNEP-FI, UNFCCC,
UN-Habitat, UNIDO, UNU-EGOV, and WMO.
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ISBN
978-92-61-25321-9 (Paper version)
978-92-61-25331-8 (Electronic version)