economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning". It has one indicator: Indicator 11.a.1 is the "Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development, and (c) increase local fiscal space." This indicator is one of the key metrics to benchmark and monitors urbanization. It can serve as a gap analysis to support policy recommendations. Data sources for this indicator may include: Official documents such as National Urban Plan available in national and regional administrations, point of service surveys, database of national urban policies by United Nations, UrbanLex, a database of laws and policies on urban matters developed by UN-Habitat. There are currently no data available for this indicator. The New Urban Agenda was adopted by world leaders in 2016 and serves as a powerful tool for sustainable urban development for both developing and developed countries by providing a series of standards for sustainable urban development. In this agenda, world leaders are committed to: Provide basic services for all citizens Ensure that all citizens have access to equal opportunities and face no discrimination Promote measures that support cleaner cities Strengthen resilience in cities to reduce the risk and the impact of disasters Taken action to address climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions Full respect the rights of refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons regardless of their migration status Improve connectivity and support innovative and green initiatives Promote safe, accessible and green public spaces Target 11.b: "Implement policies for inclusion, resource efficiency and disaster risk reduction" The full text of Target 11.b is "By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster risk reduction 2015–2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels." Unlike most SDGs which have the target year of 2030, this indicator is set to be achieved by 2020. The two indicators include: Indicator 11.b.1: "Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030" Indicator 11.b.2: "Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk