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IMOnews - The role of scientific management in the sustainable development of cities

The awareness of municipalities about the need to define a sustainability strategy is now a reality, and for this purpose, the application of internationally recognized standards is crucial. The demographic, technological, economic and environmental changes that have taken place over the last few years severely impact the planning and management of cities. More than half of the world's population already lives in urban areas, so it is urgent to make cities increasingly resilient and smart, so as to ensure, in the long term, effective sustainable development and quality of life for its citizens.

The capacity to respond to major changes by cities depends, for the most part, on access to information that allows them to act in a planning and management control perspective, which is done at the local level with the various intervening and responsible bodies. Thus, the need to create more efficient processes, using the best management practices of reference cities, through the standardization of the measurement of economic, social and environmental performance.

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