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 Urban Habitats Forum is a professional civil society
initiative whose primary purpose is to serve as a
multi-disciplinary public awareness and educational platform,
and to facilitate positive change in India's cities by
engaging all stakeholders of society in shaping India's built
environment.
It has been established on the premise that sustainable urban
development needs a shared vision of the future. Such a vision
will lead to the
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aspirations that can guide policy and programmes.
Underpinning its commitment to developing an alternative
urban vision and agenda that considers liveability and
sustainability as key parameters for success in the
development of India's cities, the Forum co-hosted the first
Habitat Summit with the India Habitat Centre from
September 24-26 2009. The Summit served as a communication vehicle to position
key policy issues and to highlight opportunities for
positive change by showcasing community-oriented urban
renewal projects. The Summit has been conceived as a
replicable/exportable model which the Urban Habitats
Forum intends to expand across India's capital cities by
2012. |
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