The first meeting of Commission 2: Managing Urban Growth was convened during 3-5 December 2009, and was hosted by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (India).
The event was organized within the framework of the “Urban Mobility India 2009 conference” and was designed to strengthen relations between Metropolis and Asian cities overall, and to engage more Indian cities in the activities of Metropolis.
Being part of the Urban Mobility conference in New Delhi, which brought together more than 500 delegates, the participants in the Commission 2 meeting were able to benefit from the interaction with experts from many cities.
The Commission meeting attracted close to 40 delegates from Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Barcelona, Brazzaville, Cairo, Gyeongi Province, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Melbourne, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Shiraz, Sydney and Udaipur, and many national and municipal governments in India. It was certainly an excellent kick-off for Commission2 in its undertaking to explore the issues of rapid urbanizations and livability of cities; in identifying what makes cities livable to their inhabitants and attractive to investors, and what governments are doing (or should do) to protect, promote and enhance the livability of cities.
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