UN representative: 70 percent of infrastructure needed for urban population has not yet been built
Deputy Executive Secretary: Cities in the SPECA region face similar challenges
Samad Bashirli: Urban population in Central and Western Asia has increased by 35-45% over the past decade
Department Head: Reconstruction in liberated territories is being carried out based on modern urban planning
UN official: Return of more than 5 million refugees from Iran has further worsened situation in Afghanistan
Committee chairman: Expanding access to housing cannot be considered separately from quality urban planning issues
Giorgia Rombelli: Housing and construction sectors are at the center of climate problems
Anar Guliyev: WUF13 is the first platform dedicated to intercity cooperation for the SPECA region
Medellin’s “green infrastructure” experience highlighted at WUF13
Housing Corporation: Major destruction recorded in 70 cities and villages in Lebanon
Deputy Minister: Azerbaijan works on a low-emission development strategy
Director General: Nature-based solutions have long existed as a concept
Regional director: We are all working toward the development of better cities to live in
Minister: South Africa uses mixed financing model in upgrading informal settlements
Kenyan minister: World Bank financing alone does not solve slum problem
Agency official: Georgia had 300,000 internally displaced persons, and support for them continues today
Asian Development Bank: We must strive to create small “green spaces” in cities
Thai expert: Communities must be placed at the center of solving housing problems
Rossbach: Urbanization is displacing nature, agriculture, and food security
Professor: Transformation of informal settlements requires deep public participation
Expert: Private sector participation alone is not enough to solve housing affordability crisis
South African scholar: Informal settlements have become an integral part of modern cities
UN-Habitat chief: Azerbaijan co-chairs working group on transformation of informal settlements
Mikayil Jabbarov: Legalization of shadow economy created additional funding source for social housing
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