
World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City
Case Studies
Addressing inequities in cities is essential to creating sustainable cities with thriving economies. The transformational case studies in the Towards a More Equal City series document how cities strived for, achieved and sometimes failed to grasp transformative change by intentionally tackling inequities. Confronting the services divide is not only about providing better infrastructure but transforming the fundamental levers of city life to create a new dynamic that can support durable, transformative change.
Case studies from Surabaya, Guadalajara, Johannesburg, Kampala, Ahmedabad, Pune and Porto Alegre document practical ways governments can work with communities, national actors and external stakeholders to understand the reality of problems on the ground and create interventions that best fit their context.
Surabaya: The Legacy of Participatory Upgrading of Informal Settlements
Case Study November 13, 2019Guadalajara: Revisiting Public Space Interventions through the Via RecreActiva
Case Study March 26, 2019Kampala: Rebuilding Public Sector Legitimacy with A New Approach to Sanitation Services
Case Study October 31, 2018Ahmedabad: Town Planning Schemes for Equitable DevelopmentāGlass Half Full or Half Empty?
Case Study August 29, 2018Pune: Civil Society Coalitions, Policy Contradictions, and Unsteady Transformation
Case Study August 16, 2018Porto Alegre: Participatory Budgeting and the Challenge of Sustaining Transformative Change
Case Study June 13, 2018
Synthesizing six years of research, this culmination of the World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City series documents how prioritizing more equitable access to core urban services can not only improve life for billions of marginalized people but generate economic and environmental benefits for everyone.