• Urbanisation has increased from 51% in 2010, to 76% by the end of 2014. • 40% of IDPs in Syria are being hosted in cities, some 3.2 million people • Aleppo, Lattakia, Tartous and several cities in Reif Damascus are the main IDP hosting cities in Syria • Around 35% of urban schools are not operating due to damage or to occupation • More than 50% of hospitals in cities are not operational • Around 760,000 housing units in Syrian cities were damaged • Historic and traditional urban centres were massively destroyed (Aleppo, Homs, Deir ez-Zor, Dara'a, Douma, and Daraya).