Topic: #povertyincities

Festival of EuropeOpen day 2012 in Brussels Esplanade Solidarnosc

Fighting child poverty in European cities

Children are the future, so they say. Well, the future is looking bleak. The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a devastating impact on children: disrupting schooling, affecting well-being, social contact and even nutrition. As more...Read more

25-01-2021|Comment|author: Eurocities

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve.

The enormous death toll in New York City, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the US, led New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, to write that “there is a density level in NYC that is...Read more

11-06-2020|Comment|author: Colin McFarlane

Will COVID-19 rebuild India’s cities?

India’s government has been told it must learn from this pandemic and create a robust, equitable and sustainable infrastructure for the urban poor – and especially its disease-prone children. Unhygienic conditions and malnourishment presents a serious...Read more

22-05-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy