The municipalities are the basic units of the country's system of administrative division.

The strategy of the Government on regional and urban development focuses on the preparation of urban development plans, human resources development, the establishment of an Urban Regional Development Joint Commission and Technical Committees, and the creation of the Financial System for Urban Development.

Urban Planning Revisited

The National Urban Development Programme focuses on four operational areas the One Hundred Cities Programme, aiming at strengthening the capacity of cities to receive investments and promote development the programme for the consolidation of metropolitan areas the promotion of regional planning and the strengthening of the legal framework for urban development as well as the programme for the promotion of social and private sector participation in urban development.

B. Urban areas

(b) Completion of the development and environmental plans for the capital city and its metropolitan area, as well as the formulation of proposals for urban transport management

(a) Illiteracy rates Blacks, 43 per cent in rural areas and 23.2 per cent in urban areas Whites, 20 per cent in rural areas and 7.3 per cent in urban areas

City (region, country)

The total demand for Family Planning Services (PF) in the urban areas is three times greater (24 ) than in rural areas (8 ).

Sri Lanka plans to expand the collection of indicators to all urban areas, and establish a national housing and urban data bank.

These efforts are based on three major urban strategies to replan the main urban areas, to develop promising regions and to construct new towns.

19 countries regions, 42 cities

24 countries regions, 77 cities

27 countries regions, 89 cities

4 countries regions, 19 cities

6 countries regions, 26 cities

8 countries regions, 8 cities

19 countries regions, 22 cities

19 countries regions, 23 cities

20 countries regions, 27 cities

24 countries regions, 191 cities

26 countries regions, 197 cities

29 countries regions, 200 cities

201 cities

7 countries regions, 47 cities

9 countries regions, 55 cities

10 countries regions,

3 countries regions, 4 cities

9 cities

65 countries regions, 311 cities

90 countries regions, 385 cities

96 countries regions, 402 cities

98 countries regions, 410 cities

He is an expert in the area of city planning.

So I look up a person I can look up then the city where they were born then I can look up the region it's in, and the town it's in, and the population of it, and so on.

(a) Women apos s police stations should be established in all parts of Brazil, not only in urban areas or in certain neighbourhoods within these urban areas.

In these countries and regions, the Programme has sought to promote shelter and urban issues.

Strengthening cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in urban environmental management

Planning Practice in an Urbanizing World

Planning for Long Term Urban Sustainability

In addition, nearly 83,000 housing units for low income families are to be built, environmental management plans are to be prepared for Guatemala City and the main urban centres in the country a national plan for disaster prevention is to be elaborated and urban development plans are to be formulated for Guatemala City and the regional capitals.

UNEP and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) have been cooperating for more that a decade in the joint Sustainable Cities Programme, including through the development of capacity building tools for urban environmental management and the GEO for Cities series of reports.

In Somaliland , the United Nations has organized the Somaliland Urban Forum in Hargeysa to assist the region's seven municipalities in sharing information and planning initiatives for urban management and in the delivery of social services.

109. The Sustainable Cities Programme, a joint effort of Habitat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), supports urban management at city and national levels through capacity building and networking.

The number of students in urban areas is lower than outside urban areas at the ratio of 1 to 4.