The New Urban Agenda Platform
A one-stop shop for reporting and learning, knowledge exchange and capacity development for sustainable urbanization development across the globe.
Highlighted indicators
Currently, 81.2% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean live in urban areas.
Source: UNDESA- Data 2018
By 2050 89% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean will live in urban areas.
Source: UNDESA- Data 2018
Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with the largest proportion of the population concentrated in megacities: of the total population of the region in 2018, 14.2% resided in the six cities with 10 million inhabitants or more.
Action areas
The Big Push for Sustainability
Documents
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Housing and Habitat as Pillars of Economic Recovery: Speeches at the 30th MINURVI General Assembly
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Inclusion and urban mobility with a human-rights and gender-equality approach: a policy instrument analysis and identification framework for the development of sustainable urban mobility systems in Latin America
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Regional policy brief on building urban economic resilience during and after COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
