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The Future of Asia and Pacific Cities 2019 Report:

Expert Group Meeting onthe Future of Urban Governance and 

Capacities for ResilienceFriday 23 November 2018

09:00‐17:00Meeting Room A, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand

Curt GarriganChief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, ESCAP

United Nations ESCAP• Regional development arm of the UN• 53 member States, 9 associate members, from Turkey to Tonga

• Headquartered in Bangkok, 4 subregional offices

• ESCAP fosters sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda:－Policy dialogue, regional cooperation, intergovernmental platforms

－Results oriented projects, technical assistance, capacity building

－Research & analysis, peer learning, knowledge sharing

• Interdisciplinary expertise from urban to environmental issues, to energy, science and technology, trade, and transport

Incheon

BangkokESCAP HQ

Chiba

Beijing

Bogor

New Delhi

ESCAP Headquarters, Regional or sub-regional offices

Shanghai

Guangzhou

Wuhan

Mumbai Hyderabad

Karachi

Vladivostok

Osaka

Sapporo

Anchorage

Sydney

Melbourne

Perth

Surabaya

Auckland

Istanbul

Canberra

Wellington

Port Moresby

Nouméa

Pago Pago

Port-Vila

Apia

AlofiAvarua

Funafuti

Majuro

Papeete

Tarawa

Yaren

JakartaDili

Kuala LumpurBandar Seri Begawan

Hanoi

Manila

Vientiane

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte

Seoul Tokyo

Ulaanbaatar

Male

Colombo

Baku

Moscow

Ashgabat

Astana

Ankara

T'bilisi Bishkek

Dushanbe

Tashkent

Yerevan

Suva

Nuku'alofa

Koror

Hagåtña

Palikir

Thim

phu

Kath

mandu

Phnom Penh

Honiara

Tehran-

Kabul-

--

-

Islamab

ad

Dhaka

P'yongyang

SaipanNaypyitaw

BangkokESCAP HQ

Almaty

Suva

Bogor

BeijingIncheon

Chiba

New Delhi

Tuamotu Archipelago Society Is. Tubuai Is. Pitcairn

Phoenix Is.

Tokelau Is.

Gilbert Is.

Hawaiian Islands

Northern Line Islands

Southern Line Islands

Marquesas Is.

Honshu

KyushuShikoku

Hokkaido

Sakhalin

Taiwan

Luzon

Mindanao

Kuril Is

.

Ryuky

u Is

.

A leut ian Is lands

Tasmania

South Island

North Island

Sumatera

Java

Sulawesi

Hong Kong, China NorthernMarianaIslands

Guam

New Caledonia

AmericanSamoa

Cook Is lands

FrenchPolynesia

Niue

Macao, China

FIJI

SAMOA

SINGAPORE

TUVALU

NAURU

MARSHALLISLANDS

SOLOMONISLANDS

PAPUANEW GUINEA

A U S T R A L I A

NEW ZEALAND

VANUATU

TONGA

K I R I B A T I

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

PHILIPPINES

MALAYSIA

I N D O N E S I A

C H I N A

I N D I A

K A Z A K H S T A N

SRI LANKA

VIET NAM

BRUNEIDARUSSALAM

MYANMAR

THAILAND

NEPAL

TURKEY

ISLAMIC REPUBLICOF

IRANBHUTAN

BANGLADESH

MALDIVES

TAJIKISTANKYRGYZSTAN

AZERBAIJAN

PAKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

Jammuand

Kashmir

CAMBODIA

LAOP.D.R.

R U S S I A N F E D E R A T I O N

MONGOLIA

JAPANREP. OFKOREA

DEM. PEOPLE'SREP. OF KOREA

UNITED STATESOF AMERICA

PALAU

ARM

ENIA

GEORGIA

TIMOR-LESTE

Arafura Sea

Bay ofBengalArabian Sea

Gulf of Oman

Black SeaCaspian

Sea

N O R T H P A C I F I C O C E A N

S O U T H P A C I F I C O C E A NT a s m a n S e a

C o r a l S e a

Celebes Sea

South China

Sea

PhilippineSea

East ChinaSea

Sea of OkhotskB e r i n g S e a

MediterraneanSea

Persian Gulf

Red Sea

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30° 45° 60° 75° 90° 105° 120° 135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135°

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSIONFOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

0

0 1000 2000 3000 km

1000 2000 mi

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Controlin Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan.The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet beenagreed upon by the parties.

AfghanistanArmeniaAustraliaAzerbaijanBangladeshBhutanBrunei DarussalamCambodiaChinaDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaFederated States of MicronesiaFijiFranceGeorgiaIndiaIndonesiaIslamic Republic of IranJapanKazakhstanKiribatiKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicMalaysiaMaldivesMarshall IslandsMongoliaMyanmar

NauruNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandPakistanPalauPapua New GuineaPhilippinesRepublic of KoreaRussian FederationSamoaSingaporeSolomon IslandsSri LankaTajikistanThailandTimor-LesteTongaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaUzbekistanVanuatuViet Nam

American SamoaCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsCook IslandsFrench Polynesia

GuamHong Kong, ChinaMacao, ChinaNew CaledoniaNiue

Members:

Associate members:

Map No. 3974 Rev. 18 UNITED NATIONS August 2014

Department of Field SupportCartographic Section

The outlook for Asia and Pacific cities

• Asia‐Pacific is rapidly urbanizing• this high urban growth has been accompanied by widening social and economic inequality and environmental degradation

• the sustainability of Asia‐Pacific’s cities will determine both the future of the region and the prospects for shared prosperity for all

• it is a source of optimism that Asia‐Pacific is where many of the innovations, especially in smart technologies, are being explored

The 2030 Agenda and cities

Cities well positioned for the implementation of Global Development 

Agendas

Source: Otto, UN Environment, Cities Unit 

What are the effective means of implementation of the global agendas at the local municipal level 

to achieve sustainable urbanization?

The State of Asia and Pacific Cities 2019The Future :Urban Opportunities to deliver the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

To create a ‘possibility space’ to re‐imagine the future of built/natural environments in Asia‐Pacific cities, with the aim to further 

support the localization and implementation of global sustainability agendas, and guide the development of prosperous, resilient, 

and inclusive cities for all

A moment of opportunity for Asia‐Pacific cities• decisions made now will have long‐term impacts, and Asia‐Pacific cities have an opportunity to set themselves on more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive trajectories

• for example, most urban infrastructure investments, especially environmental ones, are capital intensive and long‐term－e.g. water and sewer mains need to be replaced once in 30 years

• poor investment choices can create a lock‐in effect and increase the challenge to establish sustainable development trajectories, especially in the energy sector

• will be a major Report on cities in the Asia‐Pacific region• will be a policy advocacy Report for national and local governments in the region

• will provide a conceptual framework to localize the global agendas in Asia‐Pacific cities

• will critically assess and provide knowledge and best practices of the means of implementation across a range of urban sustainability areas

• will be launched at, and inform the thematic areas and structure of, the 7th Asia‐Pacific Urban Forum during October 2019

The Future of Asia and Pacific Cities 2019 Report

1. The Future of Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience

2. The Future of Urban Finance

3. The Future of Smart Urban Data and Technologies

4. The Future of Urban/Territorial Planning

Selection of themes was influenced by:

• the ESCAP – UN‐Habitat Regional Partners Forum held in November 2017• the Regional Report for Habitat III

Thematic areas in the Report

Challenges for Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience

• Risks from climate change, natural disasters, and other shocks and stresses in Asia‐Pacific cities－the region hosts 6 of the 10 nations most affected by extreme weather events－60% of the region’s population work in sectors at risk from the impacts of climate change, with women most affected by natural disasters

－the urban poor are most vulnerable because they live in dangerous areas, in low quality and unprotected housing, are dependent on informal or subsidence livelihoods that can be affected by shocks or stresses, and have limited savings and assets

Challenges for Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience

• governance has not kept pace with urbanization and with new social, economic, and technological complexities－the level of decentralization of decision‐making varies across the region－there is limited participatory urban governance to define priorities and ensure policies reflect citizens’ needs

－there is a lack of horizontal and vertical integration, with support not provided for the implementation of national regulations and plans at the subnational and local levels

Consultative Meetings• Subregional Pacific meeting

4 July 2018, Suva, Fiji• Thematic consultation on Smart Cities in Asia and the Pacific10 July 2018, Singapore

• Local Government consultation13 September 2018, Surabaya, Indonesia

• Subregional meeting for North and Central Asia5 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

• Regional Conference of South and South‐West Asia15‐16 November 2018, New Delhi, India

• Expert Group Meeting on the Future of Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience23 November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

• 6th Asia‐Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)27‐29 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Incheon

BangkokESCAP HQ

Chiba

Beijing

Bogor

New Delhi

ESCAP Headquarters, Regional or sub-regional offices

Shanghai

Guangzhou

Wuhan

Mumbai Hyderabad

Karachi

Vladivostok

Osaka

Sapporo

Anchorage

Sydney

Melbourne

Perth

Surabaya

Auckland

Istanbul

Canberra

Wellington

Port Moresby

Nouméa

Pago Pago

Port-Vila

Apia

AlofiAvarua

Funafuti

Majuro

Papeete

Tarawa

Yaren

JakartaDili

Kuala LumpurBandar Seri Begawan

Hanoi

Manila

Vientiane

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte

Seoul Tokyo

Ulaanbaatar

Male

Colombo

Baku

Moscow

Ashgabat

Astana

Ankara

T'bilisi Bishkek

Dushanbe

Tashkent

Yerevan

Suva

Nuku'alofa

Koror

Hagåtña

Palikir

Thim

phu

Kath

mandu

Phnom Penh

Honiara

Tehran-

Kabul-

--

-

Islamab

ad

Dhaka

P'yongyang

SaipanNaypyitaw

BangkokESCAP HQ

Almaty

Suva

Bogor

BeijingIncheon

Chiba

New Delhi

Tuamotu Archipelago Society Is. Tubuai Is. Pitcairn

Phoenix Is.

Tokelau Is.

Gilbert Is.

Hawaiian Islands

Northern Line Islands

Southern Line Islands

Marquesas Is.

Honshu

KyushuShikoku

Hokkaido

Sakhalin

Taiwan

Luzon

Mindanao

Kuril Is

.

Ryuky

u Is

.

Aleut ian Islands

Tasmania

South Island

North Island

Sumatera Java

Sulawesi

Hong Kong, China NorthernMarianaIslands

Guam

New Caledonia

AmericanSamoa

Cook Islands

FrenchPolynesia

Niue

Macao, China

FIJI

SAMOA

SINGAPORE

TUVALU

NAURU

MARSHALLISLANDS

SOLOMONISLANDS

PAPUANEW GUINEA

A U S T R A L I A

NEW ZEALAND

VANUATU

TONGA

K I R I B A T I

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

PHILIPPINES

MALAYSIA

I N D O N E S I A

C H I N A

I N D I A

K A Z A K H S T A N

SRI LANKA

VIET NAM

BRUNEIDARUSSALAM

MYANMAR

THAILAND

NEPAL

TURKEY

ISLAMIC REPUBLICOF

IRANBHUTAN

BANGLADESH

MALDIVES

TAJIKISTANKYRGYZSTAN

AZERBAIJAN

PAKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

Jammuand

Kashmir

CAMBODIA

LAOP.D.R.

R U S S I A N F E D E R A T I O N

MONGOLIA

JAPANREP. OFKOREA

DEM. PEOPLE'SREP. OF KOREA

UNITED STATESOF AMERICA

PALAU

ARM

ENIA

GEORGIA

TIMOR-LESTE

Arafura Sea

Bay ofBengalArabian Sea

Gulf of Oman

Black SeaCaspian

Sea

N O R T H P A C I F I C O C E A N

S O U T H P A C I F I C O C E A NT a s m a n S e a

C o r a l S e a

Celebes Sea

South China

Sea

PhilippineSea

East China

Sea

Sea of OkhotskB e r i n g S e a

MediterraneanSea

Persian Gulf

Red Sea

120° 135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135°

30° 45° 60° 75° 90° 105° 120° 135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135°

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30°

45°

60°

Equator

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSIONFOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

0

0 1000 2000 3000 km

1000 2000 mi

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Controlin Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan.The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet beenagreed upon by the parties.

AfghanistanArmeniaAustraliaAzerbaijanBangladeshBhutanBrunei DarussalamCambodiaChinaDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaFederated States of MicronesiaFijiFranceGeorgiaIndiaIndonesiaIslamic Republic of IranJapanKazakhstanKiribatiKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicMalaysiaMaldivesMarshall IslandsMongoliaMyanmar

NauruNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandPakistanPalauPapua New GuineaPhilippinesRepublic of KoreaRussian FederationSamoaSingaporeSolomon IslandsSri LankaTajikistanThailandTimor-LesteTongaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaUzbekistanVanuatuViet Nam

American SamoaCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsCook IslandsFrench Polynesia

GuamHong Kong, ChinaMacao, ChinaNew CaledoniaNiue

Members:

Associate members:

Map No. 3974 Rev. 18 UNITED NATIONS August 2014

Department of Field SupportCartographic Section

Expert Group Meeting onthe Future of Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience

Objectives

1. Review emerging issues and assess current urban governance and capacity development interventions in Asia and the Pacific

2. Broaden the knowledge base regarding urban governance and capacity development in Asia and the Pacific through the elaboration of international best practices and knowledge partnerships for the Report

3. Build ownership for the Report and encourage participants to become champions, to take its knowledge and recommendations forward, and to disseminate, and raise awareness within their networks

Expected outcomes

1. Validation of both the overall narrative of the Report and of its focus, key messages and emerging recommendations on governance and capacity development for urban resilience

2. A more granular understanding of the challenges and future opportunities of urban governance and capacity development in Asia and the Pacific, and the generation of examples of best practices and case studies that can feed into the Report, including empirical evidence on what urban governance and capacity development strategies have and have not worked

3. Recommendations for public, private, and civil society organizations in Asia and the Pacific for future urban governance and capacity development policy and reform agendas

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