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WORLD RESOURCES REPORT: TOWARDS A MORE EQUAL CITY

A new approach to cities that prioritizes equitable access to services would
improve billions of lives, generate economic prosperity and create environmental
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World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City is produced by WRI Ross Center
for Sustainable Cities and is part of the flagship World Resources Report.  It
is funded by the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
Office. Contact Tini Tran for more details or media inquiries.



The world’s urban population is expected to increase by 2.5 billion people by
2050. More equitable cities are crucial to climate and development goals, as
two-thirds of people will live in cities and vulnerable urban communities will
be among the hardest hit by a worsening climate. But achieving more equitable,
sustainable cities requires a new vision of how to build and manage urban areas.

Traditional metrics of quality of life based on income are outdated and do not
paint a clear picture of city life. Globally, one in three city dwellers —
totaling over 1.2 billion people — do not have reliable, safe or affordable
access to basic everyday services like running water and sanitation,
electricity, decent housing and transport to work and school. The self-provision
required to make up for this lack of services is a massive drain on human time,
productivity, health and opportunity. And it isn’t just those in poverty:
millions of middle-class families suffer from service gaps, leaving them with no
choice but expensive, time-consuming and polluting alternatives. This widening
gap between the haves and have-nots holds back entire economies.

Learn more about ‘Towards a More Equal City’

This World Resources Report series offers solutions to help cities change course
from today’s unequal, unproductive and environmentally destructive development
patterns, particularly in the global south, where growth is most rapid.

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The World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City finds that a new approach
to cities, centered on providing equitable access to services, would improve
billions of lives, generate economic prosperity and create environmental
benefits for all. It also offers seven crucial transformations that reimagine
urban service provision, include the excluded and create the enabling conditions
for lasting change.

Siloed, sector-specific approaches are not enough to help cities. Instead, this
research highlights priority actions to bridge the urban services divide across
sectors. These actions will create cascading and compounding benefits that will
transform cities, providing them with the largest returns on investment, even
with limited resources, and avoided economic costs. These actions will also
improve the lives of the urban underserved and avoid locking in generations of
poverty and poor health.

This report shares over six years of research from more than 160 authors and
reviewers. It consists of seven thematic working papers, seven transformational
case studies, more than three dozen workshops and a culminating synthesis
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SEVEN TRANSFORMATIONS FOR MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

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Synthesizing six years of research, this culminating report of the Towards a
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THEMATIC WORKING PAPERS

A series of sector-specific working papers explore how cities can provide
growing numbers of residents with secure and affordable access to core services.

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   UNTREATED AND UNSAFE: SOLVING THE URBAN SANITATION CRISIS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
   
   Working Paper December 18, 2019
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   UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN CITIES
   
   Working Paper October 1, 2019
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   UNAFFORDABLE AND UNDRINKABLE: RETHINKING URBAN WATER ACCESS IN THE GLOBAL
   SOUTH
   
   Working Paper August 13, 2019
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   FROM MOBILITY TO ACCESS FOR ALL: EXPANDING URBAN TRANSPORTATION CHOICES IN
   THE GLOBAL SOUTH
   
   Working Paper May 14, 2019

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CASE STUDIES

A series of in-depth case studies examine if it is possible to use city-level
lessons to help other cities usher in their own transformations

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   SURABAYA: THE LEGACY OF PARTICIPATORY UPGRADING OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
   
   Case Study November 13, 2019
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   GUADALAJARA: REVISITING PUBLIC SPACE INTERVENTIONS THROUGH THE VIA
   RECREACTIVA
   
   Case Study March 26, 2019
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   JOHANNESBURG: CONFRONTING SPATIAL INEQUALITY
   
   Case Study December 18, 2018
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   KAMPALA: REBUILDING PUBLIC SECTOR LEGITIMACY WITH A NEW APPROACH TO
   SANITATION SERVICES
   
   Case Study October 31, 2018

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   EQUITY AND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN CITIES: ACCELERATING ACTIONS BY KEY ACTORS
   
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   ADVANCING EQUITY IN CITIES: THE BEDROCK FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE ACTION
   
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   WORLD RESOURCES REPORT SYNTHESIS LAUNCH: SEVEN TRANSFORMATIONS FOR MORE
   EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES
   
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FEATURED EXPERTS

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   HOW MORE EQUAL CITIES CAN BE CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS
   
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RECENT INSIGHTS

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   PARIS’ VISION FOR A ‘15-MINUTE CITY’ SPARKS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT
   
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   IN BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA, URBAN PARKS REVITALIZE A DECLINING CITY
   
   Insights December 7, 2022
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   7 MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS TO SOLVE URBAN INEQUALITY
   
   Insights October 19, 2021
 * Cities
   
   
   5 BIG IDEAS TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND INEQUALITY IN CITIES
   
   Insights December 16, 2020

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