34. Measures to meet the diverse challenges posed by the continued growth of large urban agglomerations should be developed, with particular emphasis on the needs of poor urban dwellers.

44. From the perspective of large urban agglomerates, the challenges lie in how to deflect some of the migratory flows to secondary or satellite cities and how to build and maintain minimum levels of urban infrastructure and services.

There were three plenary meetings, partners' dialogues on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic dialogues on urban poor, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

In addition to the Partners' dialogues, five thematic dialogues were held focusing on urban poor urban resources urban sustainability urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

of population living in extreme poverty

Urban services . 179 54

Urban problems

The bank has 38 branches, primarily concentrated in urban and semi urban areas.

Challenge

Challenges.

This is in keeping with the general trend in the world that more specialized care is available in urban centers than in rural areas due to better support facilities in the urban centers.

Urban governance

Urban resources

Urban sustainability

Measuring Urban Governance

Making Urban Safety Sustainable

(c) Urban environment

Urban Assembly

Regional urban development

(b) Urban areas

Quality of the urban environment.

(k) Supporting improvement of the urban environment through the Local Initiative Facility for the Urban Environment

Rural urban linkages

Urban Millennium Partnership

Launch of the Urban Millennium Partnership

UNESCO Rivers and Urban Culture

Citizen Participation and Urban Management

(d) Urban Management Programme

Mega city and urban development

Urban migration population density

Key challenges

Challenges

Humanitarian challenges

New challenges

Special challenges

Mr. Häggroth said that the World Urban Forum provided a more informal way to focus on urban challenges, where the key word was dialogue.

There was discussion on sustainable urbanization as a process of challenges and responses, including the relationship between strategic sustainable development and master planning, which could be considered within the wider context of improving urban governance.

See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty fourth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A 54 8), annex I, sect.

Urban poor Urban resources Urban sustainability Urban services Urban disasters and reconstruction.

Dialogue on urban cultures

Micro Credit and Financing of Urban Agriculture

Cultural Heritage A Tool for Urban Development

Knowledge for Urban Development

Planning for Long Term Urban Sustainability