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expertise in planning (economic, social, physical), management (project, finance,
operational, organizational) and governance (stakeholder engagement, inter-agency
coordination). As the SDG 11 has multiple sets of targets and indicators, database
needs to be developed to monitor progress and benchmark services being delivered
to facilitate decision-making based on ground-level inputs. Urban observatories
may be developed for dissemination of data and information sharing.
References
Babier EB, Burges JC (2017) The sustainable development goals and the systems approach to
sustainability, Discussion Paper. Economics 11(2017.28):1–23
Census (2011) Population Census 2001–11, Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
Government of India, New Delhi
Fabre EA (2017) Local implementation of the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda – towards a
Swedish National Urban Policy. Global Utmaning, Stockholm
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (2019) Handbook of Urban Statistics. Government of
India, New Delhi
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and UN Resident Commissioner (2018) Sustainable
Development Goals and Urban Local Bodies. Office of the UN Resident Commissioner, New
Delhi
Niti Ayog (2018) SDG India Base Line Index. Government of India, New Delhi
UN Habitat (2016) Sustainable development goal – 11: a guide to assist national and local governments to monitor and report SDG goal 11+ indicators. UN Habitat, Nairobi
United Nations (2018) World urbanization prospects, United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, viewed 31 October 2018. https://population.un.org/wup/
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expertise in planning (economic, social, physical), management (project, finance,
operational, organizational) and governance (stakeholder engagement, inter-agency
coordination). As the SDG 11 has multiple sets of targets and indicators, database
needs to be developed to monitor progress and benchmark services being delivered
to facilitate decision-making based on ground-level inputs. Urban observatories
may be developed for dissemination of data and information sharing.
References
Babier EB, Burges JC (2017) The sustainable development goals and the systems approach to
sustainability, Discussion Paper. Economics 11(2017.28):1–23
Census (2011) Population Census 2001–11, Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
Government of India, New Delhi
Fabre EA (2017) Local implementation of the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda – towards a
Swedish National Urban Policy. Global Utmaning, Stockholm
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (2019) Handbook of Urban Statistics. Government of
India, New Delhi
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and UN Resident Commissioner (2018) Sustainable
Development Goals and Urban Local Bodies. Office of the UN Resident Commissioner, New
Delhi
Niti Ayog (2018) SDG India Base Line Index. Government of India, New Delhi
UN Habitat (2016) Sustainable development goal – 11: a guide to assist national and local governments to monitor and report SDG goal 11+ indicators. UN Habitat, Nairobi
United Nations (2018) World urbanization prospects, United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, viewed 31 October 2018. https://population.un.org/wup/
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