World Urban Campaign : AN INCLUSIVE CITY

Build socially inclusive, accessible, pro-poor, equitable and gender sensitive cities
Socially equitable development is one of the three pillars of sustainability, and is vital to creating a shared, sustainable urban future. The challenges posed by the pace and scale of contemporary urbanization require us to invest in infrastructure, development and political processes that promote inclusivity, and a pro-poor, gender and youth sensitive agenda.

An inclusive city promotes equitable rights to the city and therefore allows all citizens to partake of the urban advantage. At the heart of a socially inclusive city is the relationship between citizens and their government. If this relationship is driven by the principles of good urban governance - participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law - then inclusivity can become a reality.

WHAT WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN PARTNERS DO TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE CITY

Good Practices

Learn here about good practices and actions towards an inclusive city.

Enabling Legislation

Learn here about legislation towards an inclusive city.

Tools and Methods

Learn here about tools and methods that enable urban policy-makers and practitioners to better plan, build, manage and measure impacts towards an inclusive city.

Good Policies

Learn here about good policies that have shown successful results at the national, regional and city levels and enabled decision-makers to tackle urban challenges and deliver positive change to citizens towards an inclusive city.

There are 1.2 billion youth worldwide between the ages of 15-24; 87% of these (1 billion) live in developing countries, and 8 in 10 live in Africa and Asia (UN estimate).
Less than three percent of land is owned by women worldwide
More than three million Africans have been forcibly evicted from their homes since 2000.
In Brasil, 1 percent of the population owns 49 percent of land
In Britain, 0.3 percent of the population owns 69 percent of land
In Egypt, acquiring and legally registering a plot on a state owned vacant land involves at least 77 bureaucratic procedures at 31 public and private agencies

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