Table 1.
Descriptions of “bright spots” meeting five dimensions of equity, n = 30.
| Name | Domain | Location | Region | Time Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Homes Initiative | Housing | New Zealand | Oceania | 2009–ongoing |
| Canal-side community upgrading at scale | Housing | Bangkok, Thailand | Asia | 2003–ongoing |
| JRMK Cooperative | Housing | Jakarta, Indonesia | Asia | 2017–ongoing |
| Community-led housing and community space development | Housing | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Asia | 2020–ongoing |
| Community-led Water and Sanitation in Kampala’s urban informal settlements | Water and Sanitation/Hygiene (WASH) | Kampala, Uganda | Africa | 2014–2020 |
| Enhancing sustainable access to safe clean water and gender-sensitive sanitation services in Epworth | Water and Sanitation/Hygiene (WASH) | Harare, Zimbabwe | Africa | 2005–ongoing |
| Vale Encantado Sustainable Community | Water and Sanitation/Hygiene (WASH) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Latin America | 2021–ongoing |
| The Nuku’alofa Urban Sector Project | Water and Sanitation/Hygiene (WASH) | Nuku’alofa, Tonga | Africa | 2011–2020 |
| Healthy Liveable Cities Policy and spatial indicators research program | Governance | Australia and globally | Oceania | 2012–ongoing |
| Observatory of Urban Health of Belo Horizonte (OSUBH) | Governance | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Latin America | 2002–ongoing |
| Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Initiative | Governance | CA, USA | USA/Canada | 2010–2020 |
| Keeping an Eye on Maré|De Olho na Maré | Governance | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Latin America | 2016–ongoing |
| District System of Care | Gender Equity | Bogota, Colombia | Latin America | 2020–ongoing |
| Mahila Housing Trust | Gender Equity | Ahmedabad, India | Asia | 1994–ongoing |
| Barka Foundation—Source of Life | Access to Income and/or work | Poland | Europe | 1989–ongoing |
| Long Beach Fresh Crop Swap | Food Systems and/or Agriculture | Long Beach, CA, USA | USA/Canada | 2016–ongoing |
| Herbal and Nutrition Garden in Warren Park | Food Systems and/or Agriculture | Harare, Zimbabwe | Africa | 2007–ongoing |
| Urban Agriculture in Nairobi County | Food Systems and/or Agriculture | Nairobi, Kenya | Africa | 2013–ongoing |
| Placemaking at Mexico | Placemaking | Mexico City, Mexico | Latin America | 2019–ongoing |
| Local Play Everyday | Placemaking | Logan, Australia | Oceania | 2020–ongoing |
| Limeños al Bicentenario: Community recovery of public spaces with an Urban95 approach | Early Childhood | Lima, Peru | Latin America | 2019–ongoing |
| Urban95 Grow with my neighborhood|Crezco con mi barrio | Early Childhood | Bogota, Colombia | Latin America | 2017–2019 |
| Kounkuey Design Initiative’s Kibera public space project | Climate Change | Nairobi, Kenya | Africa | 2006–ongoing |
| Cooling Western Sydney: A Quadruple Helix Approach | Climate Change | Western Sydney, Australia | Oceania | 2018–ongoing |
| PowerCorpsPHL | Racial Equity | Philadelphia, PA, USA | USA/Canada | 2013–ongoing |
| Measure A Initiative | Racial Equity | Los Angeles County, CA, USA | USA/Canada | 2016–ongoing |
| Advancing Racial Equity on Planning & policy | Racial Equity | CO, USA | USA/Canada | 2022–ongoing |
| Re-ciclo | Waste Management and Recycling | Fortaleza, Brazil | Latin America | 2019–ongoing |
| Sustainable Waste Management to address flooding in Bwaise III parish slum communities | Waste Management and Recycling | Kampala, Uganda | Africa | 2020–ongoing |
| Participatory Planning and Action by communities and health workers in frontline health services | Healthcare | Lusaka, Zambia | Africa | 2006–ongoing |