ABSTRACT
In the context of Sustainable Development Goals, this chapter discusses spatial enablement to facilitate the New Urban Agenda commitments for Sustainable Development. It discusses historical account of how global began to be considered a threat and how it ended up as a potential development tool for the future generation established by the New Urban Agenda. The chapter introduces the elements of action framework for the implementation of a selected case studio in Singapore. The United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements, where a significant number of city governments and urban management officials are in attendance, have sought approaches to improving the urban quality of life. Several initiatives worldwide have implemented spatial data infrastructures addressing the components of the Open Geospatial Consortium framework. The chapter concludes with describing the future opportunities in research and capacity development in support of evidence-based and data-driven urban policy and planning.
