support the creation of such a fund which could promote 

 the undertaking of integrated urban development 

 projects and apply the profits from increasing land 

 values to the community. Planned communities in many 

 parts of the world have demonstrated that, where land 

 can be purchased at prices that do not already reflect 

 development plans, the very substantial increases in 

 value that are subsequently realized can be captured in 

 the lease of properties to industry and commerce. 

 Where this is possible, loans for the construction and 

 reconstruction of human settlements could be secured by 

 rising values, and city-building agencies could use 

 part of such returns to finance community facilities. 

 Either the World Bank or the U.N. Habitat Center could 

 administer this support program. 



An International Research, Information, and 

 Training Network . Urban settlements in developed 

 countries share many of the same difficulties suffered 

 by cities in the developing world, and such a situation 

 favors cooperative efforts. What are often lacking, 

 however, are the institutional arrangements for both 

 sharing knowledge and carrying out mutually beneficial 

 research and development. Continuing arrangements are 

 needed to support such collaboration, on an 

 international and domestic basis, among organizations 

 working on similar problems. 



For the United States to be in a better position to 

 support long-term relationships with urban agencies in 

 the developing countries, however, a greater effort 

 needs to be made to strengthen U.S. institutions in 

 this field. Stronger and more numerous U.S. 

 institutions could develop training courses in 

 community structuring and management relevant to 

 developing countries, conduct collaborative research, 

 with each other and with institutions in developing 

 countries, and exchange experiences on urban problems. 



International cooperation in support of urban 

 research and training will build the capacity for these 

 undertakings within developing countries. Research 

 projects need to be funded where the results are likely 

 to contribute substantially to global knowledge. 



Near-term solutions based on currently available 

 technology are of primary interest to all developing 

 countries, but it is also important to expand the long- 

 term alternatives. Unless this is done, we will still 

 be looking for solutions to today 1 s problems rather 

 than anticipating the problems and possibilities of the 

 future. 



The U.N. Research and Training Programme in 

 Regional Development, over a decade old, needs to be 

 expanded. It has proved to be a useful arrangement for 

 education and research in regional development, defined 

 to include both urbanization and rural development, as 



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