⢠Intermediary cities are the most numerous type of city , and they are where most urbanization is set to occur in the coming decades. They are an important national and international constituency, but are too often overlooked in policy debates. 12
⢠Intermediary cities are important in their own right and shouldnât just be defined in opposition to their metropolitan counterparts. They are unique both in the opportunities and challenges they provide for sustainable development and wellbeing, and in the role they play in national systems of cities. ⢠The scale of intermediary cities was quickly identified as the source of both their biggest challenges and their greatest opportunities.