11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Targets

  • By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
  • By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
  • By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
  • Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
  • By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
  • By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
  • By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities
  • Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
  • By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
  • Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials.
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The Global Goals for Sustainable Development
11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
11.1 Ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing
11.2 Safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems
11.3 Inclusive and sustainable urbanization
11.4 Protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.5 Reduce the impacts of natural disasters
11.6 Reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities
11.7 Universal access to safe, inclusive, green and public spaces
11.a Support positive links between urban, per-urban & rural areas
11.b Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
11.c Building sustainable & resilient buildings with local materials
03: Good Health & Well-being
04: Quality Education
05 Gender Equality
06: Clean Water & Sanitation
07: Affordable & Clean Energy
08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
10: Reduced Inequalities
12: Responsible Consumption & Production
13: Climate Action
14: Life Below Water
16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions
17: Partnership for the Goals
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