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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Sociodemographic Inequality Gaps in the Amazon Region: Supporting the Development and Implementation of the Amazon Cooperation Strategic Agenda
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An assessment of urban expansion in Caribbean small island developing States. The cases of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
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Institutional strengthening and sustainable financing for Latin American and Caribbean cities: statements delivered at the thirty-second General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and High-level Authorities of Housing and Urbanism in Latin America and the
