Making Cities and Human Settlements Safer after COVID-19: Strengthening Awareness of Safer Cities Tools applying a Human Security Framework

Today, half the world’s inhabitants reside in cities, a phenomenon driven by the continuous migration of people from rural to urban areas and the rapid demographic expansion of urban populations, especially in the poorest countries. Cities attract people through the promise of economic dynamism, access to services, and expanded economic, social and cultural opportunities. Yet hundreds of millions of people live far from this promise, facing urban poverty and exclusion, and increased vulnerability to crime, violence and insecurity as well as to economic shocks, climate change and natural disasters, and health pandemics. ​

The programme aims to (i) promote the application of the human security approach in cities, develop an urban safety and human security monitoring tool to prevent and respond to urban risks and challenges, and build the capacity of local governments to utilize these frameworks and tools; and (ii) accelerate citizen engagement for urban safety by establishing working groups to carry out local appraisals, collect lessons learned, and exchange local knowledge on community safety and resilience.

KEY MATERIALS
Programme Summary
Structural and Theoretical Framework for Safer Cities based on the Human Security Approach
Safer Cities Best Practices Infographics
Safer Cities Human Security Infographics
Guidelines on Safer Cities
Urban Safety Monitor
“Urban Safety and Human Security in Cities” Course
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