McPhearson, TimonParnell, SusanSimon, DavidGaffney, OwenElmqvist, ThomasBai, XuemeiRoberts, DebraRevi, Aromar2020-04-020028-0836http://hdl.handle.net/1885/202673Urban research is disparate, marginalized and ill-prepared to interact effectively with global policy. The Habitat III agenda requires a global community of urban biophysical and social scientists to assess developments and help direct progress. To achieve the SDGs and the NUA, the global urban research community must come together to develop institutions, funding mechanisms and research agendas.application/pdfen-AU© 2016 Macmillian Publishers Limited, part of Nature2016-10-1310.1038/538165a2019-11-25