Most people think their city is a good place for minorities, but in some cities less than half the residents think this is the case. People living in a large city are more satisfied with public transport, but those living in smaller cities feel safer when walking alone at night. It shows that people living in northern EU cities are the most satisfied with their city, but satisfaction in eastern EU cities is increasingly rapidly.
It gathers the experiences and opinions of city dwellers across Europe. The new Quality of life in European cities survey provides a unique insight into city life. This report summarises the results of the 5th survey of European cities, which covers 83 cities and was carried out in 2019. Building urban resilience will not succeed without public participation.What city is the cleanest or the safest? In which city is easy to find a job or a house? Which city has the best public transport or air quality? Answers to these questions and many more can be found in the latest Report on the Quality of life in European Cities, 2020.Visioning and implementation of urban resilience plans must prioritize the poorest and most vulnerable communities.Policymakers must match urban risk assessments with appropriate solutions.Investing in key urban infrastructure must be a prerequisite for building sustainable and resilient urban futures.Extending social protection to informal sector workers is critical for inclusive development and resilient urban futures.Integrated urban planning is an essential component and prerequisite for resilient urban futures.Building resilience requires innovative, and sustainable financing instruments beyond the traditional fiscal tools at the disposal of cities and national governments.Cities, subnational governments and other urban actors should urgently prioritize bottom-up approaches when designing urban resilience interventions.Governments have a roadmap to urban resilience in the global sustainable development agenda.Effective urban resilience capacity building requires mainstreaming across local governments.Building urban resilience is a multisectoral, multidimensional, multi-stakeholder process that requires a clear change of trajectory from previous paths.Building resilience for sustainable urban futures requires integrated linkage of the various pillars of the global sustainable development agenda.
Responsive, accountable local governments play a pivotal role in developing effective holistic place-based interventions that can generate multiple co-benefits for health, inclusion and climate change mitigation.Expanding Universal Health Care is a key priority in advancing health for inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urban futures as well as strengthening health system preparedness for a future of epidemics and pandemics.Challenges of health inequity-often rooted in geographic, political and socioeconomic exclusion-can be tackled via place-based initiatives co-developed with residents to promote health in marginalized neighbourhoods and support more equitable urban futures.Ongoing disaggregated data collection is essential to reveal the true picture of multi-layered rapidly changing urban health risks for effective policy formulation and action to ensure policymakers "leave no one behind.".When health is recognized and acted upon as a priority across all urban interventions, there are vital possibilities to achieve multiple benefits for well-being and foster inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urban futures.
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