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Mumbai, India: Pedestrians in all parts of the world are not provided with the necessary infrastructure. Plus, transport is often seen as gender-neutral. However, women and men have different needs to using transportation. Therefore, it is important, that the role and potential of women in sustainable urban mobility is highlighted and permanently strengthened worldwide.
© Carlos Pardo

Amman, Jordan: High density, dominance of concrete structures and heat-island-effects increase the pressure on local biodiversity and air quality in many cities. Enhancing urban green infrastructure could mitigate these effects. Amman, for example, prepares to create ultra-dense, highly biodiverse and multi-layered urban forests that allow balancing the immense land scarcity with the city’s need for functioning ecosystems.
© Katharina Manecke

Peshawar, India: The decorated Buses are a colourful example of affordable urban mobility. Public transport offers a low-cost option in comparison to private vehicles or taxi services. Therefore, the provision of affordable, accessible and sustainable public transport solutions is an important matter of concern for a city worth living in.
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Mérida, Mexico: Active mobility not only contributes to the environment and climate, but also to better personal health, performance and happiness. However, inadequate road safety and cycling infrastructure are still tall barriers for achieving a greater bicycle use. In Mexico, some cities like Mérida actively promote the bicycle as transport means through public policies.
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Durban, South Africa: The beach promenade is the ideal place to relax ‘The Golden Mile’, as it is also called, is open to everyone and considered a safe public space. The mangrove forests and dune rehabilitation along the promenade also serve an important role when it comes to protecting the city from storm surges and sea level rise.
© Lea Sarah Kulick

Beijing, China: The Houhai lake is the largest lake in the centre of Beijing. It serves as a local recreation area for Beijingers and visitors and helps to forget a little bit of the daily rush in a metropolis of 21 million inhabitants. Inner-city lakes and parks make urban life much more liveable for example by improving air quality.
© Felix Döhler

Cairo, Egypt: The Nile represents the lifeline of an entire country. Yet, it becomes increasingly polluted due to an overall poor waste and sewage management, endangering the country’s urban and rural livelihoods. It is a symbol that urban growth has to take a city‘s surrounding ecosystems into account in order to be truly forward-looking and sustainable.
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Hội An, Vietnam: Although more and more people are moving into cities, they depend on their rural surroundings to feed the residents. Cities on the other hand play an important role for improving agricultural value chains. Through better urban-rural-linkages, sustainable development in both regions gets more vital.
© Lennard Kehl

Accra, Ghana: Local artists transforming jointly with kids from the neighbourhood the old houses into unique artwork. Such an urban up-grading supports local bonding and strengthens the social cohesion within the community.
© Lennard Kehl

Morelia, Mexico: The trend of urbanisation is moving forward. This makes it all the more important to plan cities sustainably and make them safe for the people who live there. The following pictures show examples of challenges and ideas of how to solve them. Find out more about the work of GIZ in this area here Municipal and urban development in development cooperation and here Urban and regional development
© GIZ CiClim Mexico