BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 15. Urban development is a social, economic, environmental, and humanitarian issue, Idris Isayev, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Science and Education said, Trend reports.
He made the remark during the international conference “Shaping Human Capital for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development" in Baku.
"Today, the world is facing large-scale processes and global challenges. Ongoing urbanization and the massive influx of people into cities, on the one hand, contribute to urban development, but on the other, create numerous problems and challenges.
We face issues such as overpopulation, transportation difficulties, environmental threats, housing problems, infrastructure-related risks, and many other challenges on a daily basis. All of this once again underscores the relevance of this topic. “Urban development is not just a matter of construction and architecture. It is also a social, economic, environmental, and humanitarian issue,” he said.
Isayev noted that the level of urban development is not measured by the number of buildings constructed or the length of streets. Above all, it is determined by people’s quality of life, level of education, intellectual potential, health status, and the general level of well-being of the population. And it is clear that people are at the center of all these processes.
“The main criterion here is creating a comfortable, safe, inclusive, and high-quality living environment for people,” he noted.
