REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING	26/01/2009
	Integrated Urban Management covers a wide range of aspects. The urban sector has during recent years developed from mainly covering physical aspects, such as planning and construction of urban infrastructure and building facilities, also to include social, financial, institutional and environmental aspects of urban development and management. Due to increasing migration from rural to urban areas, urban poverty is getting an escalating problem. Consequently, urban management is becoming one of the most important global sectors of technical assistance. Services include: • Strategic urban planning and development • Urban infrastructure development and planning • Regional development and urban-rural linkages management • GIS, land use and cadastre planning • Urban and municipal finance and economics • Social infrastructure development • Urban health and environmental planning • Institution building and good governance • Emergency management and urban reconstruction • Cultural heritage and tourism development