Fulfilled social functions

A city/human settlement fulfilling its social functions, that is, ensuring equitable and affordable access for all to housing, goods, services and urban opportunities, particularly for women, marginalized groups and people with special needs; a city/human settlement that prioritizes the

Fulfilled social functions

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Global call for the Right to the City: Stop Forced Evictions

Global call for the Right to the City: Stop Forced Evictions

Nairobi, October 11th, 2017 The Global Platform for the Right to the City members, friends and allies from all around the world, gathered in Nairobi, make a global call for the right to the city, and the universal opposition to forced evictions and displacements....

Our Block, Our World: Views on the Global Platform from New York

Our Block, Our World: Views on the Global Platform from New York

Kazembe Balagun, Project manager at Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. “Lorena Zarate of the Global Platform for the Right to the City joins with local homeless organization Picture the Homeless for an action calling for the creation of community land trusts on vacant land in...

Defending our cities in a “showcase Europe”

Defending our cities in a “showcase Europe”

Irene Escorihuela, Observatori DESC Nowadays, European cities are facing enormous challenges. Social rights have suffered strong setbacks as a result of the economic crisis and its pro-austerity management. Civil and political rights are also threatened in this...

Arlequin’s urban renewal: the long struggle of its inhabitants

Arlequin’s urban renewal: the long struggle of its inhabitants

For many years, inhabitants of La Villeneuve (Grenoble, France) have resisted the urban renewal project promoted by the French agency of urban renewal. In reaction to the lack of consultation, a bottom-up initiative has been organised in the neighbourhood through the...