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Zeinab Tag-Eldeen, Researcher at the Department of Urban and Rural Development; Division of Landscape Architecture
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News
SLU contributes to UN-publication with guiding principles for urban-rural linkages
Published: 28 May 2019
The need for strong urban-rural linkages and an integrated territorial development to achieve global goals, reduce poverty and inequality has been underlined by Several UN-Habitat Governing Council resolutions, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the NUA.
SLU, jointly with participants representing national and local authorities, several UN agencies, development partners, civil society organizations and academia, actively contributed to the development of the Guiding Principles for Urban-Rural Linkages. Framework for Action to Advance Integrated Territorial Development which consists of a set of globally applicable principles and many thematic entry points and pathways for implementation.