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In particular since the 1970s, the unconscious consumption of natural resources and unprecedented environmental damage due to the rapid population growth and industrialization, the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio presented the concept and importance of sustainable development in all aspects. In this section 21. To be prepared for the century in all matters and to ensure the implementation in cities by preparing sustainable development programmes taking into account the possibilities of today for future generations, first the Agenda 21 Action Plan was prepared and then the Local Agenda 21 Action Plan and City Councils were created for local implementations of this plan. Local Agenda 21 and City Councils in Turkey began to be implemented in 1997. Through the city councils, local governments provide connections between the activities they carry out in accordance with the opinions of the local people and the public and central administration. At the same time, taking into account the desires of citizens in the city councils and living the feeling of participation in the administration, leads to the desired returns to the administration. If the work of the municipal councils is effective and efficient, the establishment of working/cooperating groups on various subjects within the municipal councils, the establishment of women and youth councils, the establishment of special interest groups, the conduct of work to ensure contributions at neighborhood level and the strengthening of cooperation with civil society organizations should be guaranteed. The study focused on the concepts of urbanization, the Agenda 21 Action Plan and its basic characteristics, the importance of the Local Agenda 21 practices, the state of the City Councils and the difficulties that are undergoing, showed examples of activities that can be implemented by the City Councils.

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