The Connection Between Urbanization and Poverty: How Cities Can Reduce Poverty – Or Deepen It

Elena Díaz Galán’s report, Cities and Poverty, issued earlier in July and examines social exclusion and the structural drivers of poverty in cities.

UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2026: The Global Housing Crisis – Pathways to Action paints a bleak picture of the global housing crisis.

The Cities and Poverty report illustrated how poverty and inequality appear in spatial patterns.

The Cities and Poverty report discussed urbanization through the lens of the processes that lead to it and the impact on human rights.

Smart cities utilize digital technologies, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence to improve upon the management and delivery of urban services.