City regions in pursuit of SDG 11: Institutionalising multilevel cooperation in Gauteng, South Africa
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Date
2019
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Routledge
Abstract
Metropolitan areas are becoming more and more important in shaping the
future of the planet. In 2017 there were 34 megacities worldwide, i.e. cities
with a population of over 10 million. It is expected that this number will
grow to 41 by 2030 (United Cities and LocaJ Governments (UCLG)
2017a, p. 44). There arc many more smaller urban conglomerations that
can be defined as metropolitan areas, using criteria such as continuous
growth, levels of density and perhaps most importantly, functional interdependence
(UCLG 2017a, p. 44).
Metropolitan areas are growing fast and face tremendous challenges.
In both developed and developing countries, they experience sprawl,
social fragmentation, economic challenges and environmental threats.
In developing countries this is compounded by the reality that 880
million people worldwide live in slums, most of them within metropolitan
areas (UCLG 2017a, p. 46). The growth of metropolitan areas
presents tremendous opportunities for an increase of the well being of
the city dwellers within them, but the reality is that many of the challenges
fly in the face of the aspirations of Goal 11 of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
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Sustainable Development Goals, Urbanisation, Globalisation, Democracy, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Citation
De Visser, J. (2019) City Regions in Pursuit of SDG 11 Institutionalising Multilevel Cooperation in Gauteng, South Africa. In: Aust, H.P. and Du PLessis, A. ed., The Globalisation of urban governance: Legal perspectives on Sustainable Development Goal 11. New York: Routledge