Urban Resilience Hub is a UN-Habitat’s technical partners for urban resilience. They help cities increase their resilience by diagnosing the state of their urban system, driving actions, sharing and building knowledge for policy making.
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“Local and regional governments around the world are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis, working together with communities and health authorities to mitigate the outbreak while maintaining an orderly functioning of public services in their cities and territories. As local and regional authorities try to address urban issues during and after the crisis, they
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UN-Habitat’s City Prosperity Initiative is a global initiative that has been applied in over 400 cities across the world. It provides an innovative approach to urban measurements and assists decision-makers to design clear policy interventions. In terms of health, some of the categories, such as equity and inclusion, and the ability to compare across cities
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“In 2010, at the dawn of this urban world, we published our first joint global report on urban health titled Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings. The global community was not only waking up to this new demographic reality and the consequent implications for health, society, and economic and political affairs,
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The tool uses technology to include citizens in the decision-making process for their city’s budget. The benefits derive from the tool’s short-term results and concrete outcomes for those involved. For example, participatory health budgeting can lead to prioritization of and investment in public health issues addressing citizens’ real needs. It is a resource useful to
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