This article has been published by Strelka Magazine.
UNESCO published the "Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development" in the fall of 2016. Two UNO events stimulated its creation. A document entitled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development", which emphasizes 17 global goals for future international collaboration, was signed in September 2015 at the Summit in New York. Habitat III, the conference held once in twenty years and dedicated to housing and sustainable urban development, took place in Ecuador in October 2016. The question of culture's role in urban development and what problems it can solve was raised at both events. To answer it, UNESCO summarized global experience and included successful cases of landscaping, cultural politics, events, and initiatives from different corners of the world in the report. Strelka Institute's experts researched the post-Soviet space: 11 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The report is divided into two parts: the first consists of regional research conducted along with partner institutions. The countries were divided into eight areas based on geographical and historical commonality. The...
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