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Events Calendar Friday – Saturday, 24 – 25 July 2009 Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 Globalisation is having a significant effect on cities, forcing them to compete for business with other cities worldwide and within their own countries. In India, cities contribute over 55 % to country’s GDP and urbanization is increasingly becoming the engine of national economic growth. Cities are the focal points and drivers of societal development in all countries. Cities continue to be seen as offering economic opportunity superior to what can be realized in the countryside, thus they act as the magnets for new residents flooding in from rural areas with wants and needs basic to all humankinds. Urban migration takes place on such a scale that we now have a new category of cities – megacities, with populations over 10 million. If rural urban migration continues for a substantially long period of time, the urban locality is bound to face the problem of population explosion. As a result, cities become the largest consumers of natural resources and the biggest sources of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions on the planet. Therefore, the need to create self-sufficient, ecologically sustainable & secure cities arises. By promoting sustainable urban form and function, cities become healthy, viable communities for citizens with reasonably comfortable existence. A good quality of life, good governance and allocation of its economic resources, natural open spaces, reduced waste, equality, access, lower crime, sense of community, clean air and water quality, and environmental diversity are just a few beneficial characteristics of a sustainable city. Urban problems involve complex webs of interconnected and changing problems, which cannot be addressed effectively in isolation. Decision-makers at all levels are faced with the task of how to resolve urban problems. In most cities, this requires a fundamental shift in approach, greater inter-sectoral co-operation, and more forward-looking strategies. With this background, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development in association with Bar Association of India and Society of Indian Law Firms is organizing this Convention on City Development: Sustainability & Legal Interface on 24 – 25 July 2009 at New Delhi with the following key objectives:
The convention will focus on integrated city planning, sustainable transportation and citizen's security. We look forward to your active participation in this noble initiative to make our cities sustainable.
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