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Cities Alliance and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Partner for Citywide Climate Action Planning

The partnership will build climate resilience in cities through evidence-based scenario planning, target setting and climate action planning.
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Cities Alliance Announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action to Create Lasting Change in Liberia’s Cities

Cities Alliance has announced a CGI Commitment to Action that will help improve the lives of over 400,000 slum dwellers and street vendors in Greater Monrovia over the next five years.
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Cities Alliance Partnership Explores How Public Goods and Services Can Promote Equitable Economic Growth in Cities

A new Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Equitable Economic Growth delves into the relationship between local public services and equitable economic growth – an important area that has not been explored.
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Promoting the Role of Cities: Africa Strategy Workshop

In 2014 the Cities Alliance, a global partnership promoting the role of cities in sustainable development, adopted an Africa Strategy to both strengthen and focus its work on the continent.

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Promoting Land Rights for the Urban Poor with the Social Tenure Domain Model

The STDM project shows that pro-poor solutions have great potential to directly impact on the lives of city residents. More »

South Africa’s Cities Share Knowledge to Spur Development

The South African Cities Network was launched in 2002 with funding from the Cities Alliance and a number of other organisations. More »

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Business and Partnership Opportunity with Cities Alliance on Equitable Economic Growth in Cities, Apply by 17 October

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Cities Toolkit Featured on BBC

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Secondary Cities Matter

 
  • 75% of the world’s population lives in urban settlements of fewer than 500,000.
  • Over 4,000 cities have populations of more than 100,000. 2,400 have fewer than 750,000 residents.
  • More than 60% are in developing countries.

 Managing Systems of Secondary Cities

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