Medellin, Colombia's second city, capital of the department of Antioquia, is located in the Cordillera Central in the Aburrá valley. As an Industrial city, it began providing clothing, fashion, education and health services.
In 2010, Malmö city executive board decided to appoint the Commission for a Socially Sustainable Malmö. It was to be a politically independent commission tasked with deepening the analysis of the causes of the growing health inequities in the population.
Makati is known as the Philippines’ most progressive city, being home to the country’s most affluent families, most foreign corporations operating in the country, and diplomats.
The City of Lyon, 500 000 people, is the central city in the “Lyon Metropolis” community, which brings together 59 communes and 1.4 million people. This is an economically dynamic region, with a strong university presence and a pleasant quality of life.
The municipality of Lyon is home to 480,000 inhabitants, but the city centre lies at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers and is France's largest metropolitan area, with more than 1.5 million people.
Liverpool lost half of its economy and population in the latter half of the 20th Century. However, it successfully drew upon its enormous capacity for resilience and reinvention to deal with harsh economic change.
The capital of the State of Upper Austria is located in the heart of Europe. With approximately 195,000 inhabitants, Linz is Austria’s third-largest city.
According to the data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Information Technology (INEI), 9,540,996 people live in Lima, accounting for 28.1% of the total population of Peru.
Leeuwarden is the urban heart of Fryslân, the capital of a wilful province with its language and culture. However, the city is high on economic disadvantage and social exclusion.