How to Reduce the Global Homicide Rate to 2 per 100,000 by 2060

Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities

Urban violence and humanitarian action: Engaging the fragile city

In Brazil, Race Is a Matter of Life and Violent Death

Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence

Long-term historical trends in violent crime

*Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011*

Global Study on Homicide

World’s population increasingly urban with more than half living in urban areas

Statistics from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 revision

Researching the Urban Dilemma: Urbanization, Poverty and Violence

Os Jovens Do Brasil

A New Era of Digital Protest

Guns, Gore and Girls: The Rise of the Cyber Cartels

Gangs’ Truce Buys El Salvador a Tenuous Peace

Crime Mapping, Crime Analysis, & Problem Analysis

Hot Spots Policing

Un análisis de la criminalidad urbana en Colombia

Intentional homicides in São Paulo City: A new perspective

Preventing Violence in Jamaica

Who controls Medellín? Fragile peace in Colombia's 'model' city

Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like Aleppo, Bamako and Caracas — violence is actually accelerating, fueled by the drug trade, mass unemployment and civil unrest. Security researcher Robert Muggah turns our attention toward these "fragile cities," super-fast-growing places where infrastructure is weak and government often ineffective. He shows us the four big risks we face, and offers a way to change course.

Robert Muggah: How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

Cities are the new frontiers of conflict, with violence shifting from nations to urban centers, particularly in the global South.

Rapid urbanization, dubbed 'turbo-urbanization,' stands as a principal driver of fragility, transforming cities into hotbeds of violence.

Adopting innovative urban strategies, such as twinning fragile with robust cities, can halve homicidal violence within our lifetime.