International guidelines on urban and territorial planning: A synopsis

By the year 2050, the world urban population is expected to nearly double, posing massive sustainability challenges in terms of housing, infrastructure, basic services, and jobs among others. There is a need to address the way cities and human settlements are planned, developed,
governed and managed.

Anticipating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) of the United Nations, the Governing Council of UNHabitat approved the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning (the Guidelines) as a non-binding universal urban and territorial planning framework (Resolution 25/6 of 23 April 2015).