A CDS is a framework to assist a city and its citizens, individual and corporate, to harness the potential of urbanisation through long-term strategic planning.

The Know Your City campaign is an initiative by Slum Dwellers International and United Cities and Local Governments which is supported by the Cities Alliance.

The Rivers state government in Nigeria announced intentions to evict 49 waterfront communities in Port Harcourt, threatening to displace 480,000 people already living in inadequate conditions.

Myanmar’s urban population is expected to double by 2030, and its largest city, Yangon, is struggling to cope with this rapid urbanisation.

After a separation wall was built in 2002, more than 100,000 Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem separated from the city, outside the Palestinian Authority’s territory but without access to services as residents of Jerusalem Municipality.