BLOG - Response to: Habitat III is finally a reality. From your perspective, what would be the single most important tangible outcome (not output) of the event-short or long term-and what will it take to achieve this outcome?

With the UN Habitat III Conference in less than a week, the levels of excitement and expectation among those working in or on the citiesurban policymakers, practitioners, and researchers worldwideare high. According to the organizers, more than 35,000 participants already registered and will come to Quito, Ecuador, to discuss and adopt the New Urban Agenda, which aims to set global standards for achieving sustainable urban development. Cities and urban affairs are likely to receive national and international political attention, and even become the focus of the worlds mainstream mediaat least for the next week or two.