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United for Smart Sustainable Cities
Implementing Sustainable Development Goal 11 by connecting sustainability policies
and urban-planning practices through ICTs

ANNEX – Extracts of specific commitments made by the

NUA to help achieve SDG 11:

- We commit ourselves to promoting the development of urban spatial frameworks, including urban planning
and design instruments that support sustainable management and use of natural resources and land,
appropriate compactness and density, polycentrism and mixed uses, through infill or planned urban extension
strategies as applicable, to trigger economies of scale and agglomeration, strengthen food system planning,
and enhance resource efficiency, urban resilience and environmental sustainability.
- We will support the implementation of urban planning strategies, as appropriate, that facilitate a social mix
through the provision of affordable housing options with access to quality basic services and public spaces for
all, enhancing safety and security, favouring social and intergenerational interaction and the appreciation of
diversity. We will take steps to include appropriate training and support for service delivery professionals and
communities living in areas affected by urban violence.

- We will strive to improve capacity for urban planning and design and the provision of training for urban
planners at national, subnational and local levels.

- We will promote best practices to capture and share the increase in land and property value generated as a
result of urban development processes, infrastructure projects and public investments. Measures such as
gains-related fiscal policies could be put in place, as appropriate, to prevent its solely private capture, as well
as land and real estate speculation. We will reinforce the link between fiscal systems and urban planning, as
well as urban management tools, including land market regulations. We will work to ensure that efforts to
generate land-based finance do not result in unsustainable land use and consumption.

- We will foster the creation, promotion and enhancement of open, user-friendly and participatory data
platforms using technological and social tools available to transfer and share knowledge among national,
subnational and local governments and relevant stakeholders, including non-State actors and people, to
enhance effective urban planning and management, efficiency and transparency through e-governance,
approaches assisted by information and communications technologies, and geospatial information
management.

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