From relentless bombings on hospitals, schools and homes to the hundreds of thousands recently uprooted in Idlib, Syria is struggling with the worst humanitarian catastrophe since the war began nine years ago

Today, more than half of the world’s displaced people live in urban areas and the average length of displacement is 25 years. The humanitarian sector must adapt to meet the challenges of an urbanizing world and the increasing role of cities as places of refuge and economic opportunity, as well as sites of heightened risk of crisis, marginalization and inequality.