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11.1 SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.2 AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
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
11.3 INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION
By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
11.4 PROTECT THE WORLD’S CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.5 REDUCE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS
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
11.6 REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CITIES
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
11.7 PROVIDE ACCESS TO SAFE AND INCLUSIVE GREEN AND PUBLIC SPACES
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
11.a STRONG NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, per-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.b Implement Policies for Inclusion, Resource Efficiency and Disaster Risk Reduction
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
11.c SUPPORT LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT BUILDING
Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
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