The international organisation United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) promotes the fundamental role of culture in sustainable development through Agenda 21 for culture (2004) and its implementation along with Culture 21 Actions (2015).
Bogotá is a city made up of 20 districts with a population exceeding 7.5 million. It faces segregation problems that the current Development Plan aims to address via means of mitigation.
Belo Horizonte was the first city actually planned in Brazil (during the Republic, after 1889), with the intention of making it the capital of the State of Minas Gerais.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a large region situated in West Quebec, covering 65,000 km2 of the territory spreading from the 47th to the 49th parallel.