Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 9.

Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 9 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.

Case studies

255 case studies available.

Preparing the Monrovia Slum Upgrading Initiative
Monrovia, Liberia

Preparing the Monrovia Slum Upgrading Initiative

Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy initiates upgrading of five slums in Monrovia among its strategic priorities for poverty reduction

Imagined Path - Camino Imaginado
Bogotá, Colombia

Imagined Path - Camino Imaginado

The City of Bogota’s project ‘Camino Imaginado – Imagined Path aims to improve social inclusion for inhabitants in the urban periphery.

La Taula per a la Millora Urbana – TxMU
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

La Taula per a la Millora Urbana – TxMU

The project improves living conditions for inhabitants affected in those urban areas requiring special attention.

Cycle-Lane Network Seville
Seville, Spain

Cycle-Lane Network Seville

The main step towards a bicycle friendly infrastructure in the City of Seville was a city-wide cycle-lane network.

Heartfelt Houses / Proyecto Juan Bobo
Award
Medellín, Colombia

Heartfelt Houses / Proyecto Juan Bobo

Inhabitants of a former informal settlement are supplied with clean water, sewage, and waste disposal.

Integrated Development Planning in the City of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa

Integrated Development Planning in the City of ...

The project involves working with residents, as well as strategically planning, to ensure equitable service delivery across the municipality

Neighbourhood rehabilitation: community participation - pilot concept
Baghdad, Iraq

Neighbourhood rehabilitation: community partici...

The project is based on community participation as a way to improve municipal service delivery in four low-income neighbourhoods

Restructuring Avenue Royale: an urban integrated project
Casablanca, Morocco

Restructuring Avenue Royale: an urban integrate...

The project illustrates how conflicts between planner's aims and resident's views can be mitigated by participation processes

Sustainable Urban District Vauban
Award
Freiburg, Germany

Sustainable Urban District Vauban

A former derelict site is developed into a residential district through an integrated approach