{"id":11924,"date":"2016-05-27T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=11924"},"modified":"2016-05-27T09:25:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:25:47","slug":"world-cities-report-2016-urbanization-development-emerging-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-cities-report-2016-urbanization-development-emerging-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cities Report 2016, Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Question: The World Cities Report 2016, Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures was launched by-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) UN-Habitat Programme<br \/>\n(b) United Nations Development Programme<br \/>\n(c) World Bank<br \/>\n(d) United Nations Population Fund<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:(a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>On 18 May 2016 United Nations-Habitat programme launched the World Cities Report 2016, Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures.<\/li>\n<li>According to this report there are top 600 cities, with 1\/5th of the world\u2019s population producing 60 per cent of global GDP.<\/li>\n<li>The report says that unplanned and unmanaged urbanization leads toward increased inequality and this in turn fuels growth of slums, causing disastrous impacts on climate change.<\/li>\n<li>In 1995, there were 22 large cities and 14 megacities globally; by 2015, both categories of cities had doubled.<\/li>\n<li>22 (79 per cent) of the megacities located in Latin America, Asia and Africa.<\/li>\n<li>The fastest growing urban centres are the medium and small cities with less than one million inhabitants, which account for 59 per cent of the world\u2019s urban population.<\/li>\n<li>Between 1950 and 2005, the level of urbanisation increased from 29 per cent to 49 per cent, while global carbon emissions from fossil-fuel burning increased by almost 500 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>Cities account for between 60 and 80 per cent of energy consumption, and generate as much as 70 per cent of the human-induced greenhouse gas emissions primarily through the consumption of fossil fuels for energy supply and transportation.<\/li>\n<li>The war in Syria has given rise to the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II.<\/li>\n<li>In 2015, more than 1.5 million forced migrants and refugees arrived in Europe compared to 280,000 in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, \u201cHabitat III\u201d will take place in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016.<\/li>\n<li>The report calls for a comprehensive approach to the New Urban Agenda which will be vital to success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/unhabitat.org\/un-habitat-launches-the-world-cities-report-2016\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/unhabitat.org\/un-habitat-launches-the-world-cities-report-2016\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wcr.unhabitat.org\/main-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wcr.unhabitat.org\/main-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The World Cities Report 2016, Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures was launched by- (a) UN-Habitat Programme (b) United Nations Development Programme (c) World Bank (d) United Nations Population Fund Ans:(a) Related facts: On 18 May 2016 United Nations-Habitat programme launched the World Cities Report 2016, Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures. 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