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City Changer Toolkit  
View Details ‘I’m a City Changer’ is the awareness-raising initiative of the World Urban Campaign. It is about: • Positive urban development • Solutions to urban challenges • Giving voice to people to change our urban future
Year: 2014, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Planning for Climate Change: A Strategic Values-Based Approach  
View Details The video presents the implementation of the tool Planning for Climate Change: A Strategic Values-Based Approach in the city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia.
Year: 2014, Video format:, Type of publication: Video
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (March 2014)  
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In this issue:

  • Compact cities to address climate change
  • Myanmar Climate Change Alliance begins activities
  • Recent and Upcoming Events
    • National Adaptation Planning (NAP) workshop
    • World...
Year: 2014, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
The City We Need  
View Details At their last Steering Committee meeting in September 2013, the World Urban Campaign partners agreed to contribute to the Habitat III Conference by engaging the international community, public, private, and civil society partners to contribute to the...
Year: 2014, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Safer Cities: City Changer Toolkit  
View Details 'I'm a City Changer' is the awareness-raising initiative of World Urban Campaign. It is about: • Positive urban development • Solutions to urban challenges • Giving voice to cities and people to change our urban future. The Global Network...
Year: 2014, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
City Resilience Profiling Programme: 2014 Brochure  
View Details As the main UN Agency responsible for ensuring the sustainable development of cities, towns, and other human settlements, UN-Habitat is strategically placed to coordinate the humanitarian and development efforts of multiple actors and policy makers a...
Year: 2014, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) - Brochure 2014  
View Details The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is an alliance of global regional and national partners contributing to poverty alleviation through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure particularly through the development and dissemin...
Year: 2014, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat and GLTN Youth-Led Action Research on Land Commencement Workshop  
View Details Persistent tenure insecurity, and high levels of informal
settlements are found throughout the developing
world. Inequalities and discrimination are inherent
to conventional land systems, with youth rarely
recognized as equal st...
Year: 2014, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (June 2014)  
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In this issue:

  • Integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture into city-level climate change strategies
  • Side event at United Nations Environment and Social Council (ECOSOC) focuses on cities and climate change
  • ...
Year: 2014, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (March 2013)  
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In this issue:

  • Environmental Management Information Systems in CCCI cities
  • CCCI pilots Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in three cities
  • CCCI starts to implement evaluation recommendations
  • ARCADIS contributes t...
Year: 2013, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Annual Report 2012  
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This report presents UN-Habitat's main achievements in 2012. They range across the whole continuum of operation and normative projects, from post-conflict and post-disaster recovery to urban planning and climate change adaptation.

Other rep...

Year: 2013, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Cities and Climate Change Initiative  
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This report represents the Mid-Term Evaluation  of UN‑Habitat’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative. The Initiative was launched in 2008 and to date has been implemented in three phases: August 2008 to July 2010 (Phase I), August 2010 – D...

Year: 2013, Number of pages: 92, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (June 2013)  
View Details In this issue:
  • Sustainable resettlement and reconstruction in flood-prone peri-urban areas of Saint Louis, Senegal
  • Training event on Vulnerability Assessment and Local Climate Change Planning Methodologies
  • Trainin...
Year: 2013, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
The Relevance of Street Patterns and Public Spaces in Urban Areas  
View Details UN-Habitat has carried out, through affordable geographic information systems, an estimation of the public space allocated to the street in different cities of the world to focus attention to the need for better spatial planning that gives due attent...
Year: 2013, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Land Tool Network Issue 3 2012  
View Details In this issue: World Bank issues call for 2013 papers Uganda pilot shines at Sixth session of the World Urban Forum Development partners praise continuum of land rights approach Publications Opportunities
Year: 2013, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat One Stop Youth Center Model  
View Details The One Stop Youth Centre is a partnership between UN-Habitat and local governments.  Its model recognizes that youth engagement and empowerment through training and capacity development is pertinent to addressing the challenges faced by young peop...
Year: 2013, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Tools to Support Transparency in Land Administration  
View Details This publication forms a part of a two volume training package on Tools to Improve Transparency in Land Administration. The training package comprises a Training Toolkit and a Trainers’ Guide. The first provides content and the latter training method...
Year: 2013, Number of pages: 220, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Tools to Support Transparency in Land Administration  
View Details This publication forms a part of a two volume training package on Tools to Improve Transparency in Land Administration. The training package comprises a Training Toolkit and a Trainers’ Guide. The first provides content and the latter training method...
Year: 2013, Number of pages: 220, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (September 2013)  
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In this issue:

  • Lessons from Suwon: Perspectives from a youth leader
  • Lessons from Suwon: Perspectives from a young urban planner
  • UN-Habitat trains youth on energy efficiency
  • Muhammed Ali rec...
Year: 2013, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Addressing Urban Issues in National Climate Change Policies  
View Details The present Note is addressed primarily to decision-makers and stakeholders in the Global South engaged in developing national climate change policies. We define such policies in the present context as high-level documents that set forth in a conso...
Year: 2013, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Partenariat entre ONU-Habitat et l’Afrique (UN-Habitat in Partnership with Africa)  
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Depuis 36 ans, le Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains (ONUHabitat) mène des activités dans de nombreux pays africains et ce portefeuille de projets, qui ne fait que s’étoffer, est l’un des plus importants de l’institution.<...

Year: 2013, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (December 2013)  
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In this issue:

  • Partnership between water operators in Sri Lanka and Australia focuses on adaptation to climate change
  • CCCI supports piloting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Protocol in Kampala and elsewhere
  • UN-Ha...
Year: 2013, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Building Cities through Social Media  
View Details UN-HABITAT partnered with the MIT Center for Civic Media to organize an interactive workshop to get innovative ideas on how social media can improve life in cities. Academicians, professionals, researchers and students sat down together to figure out...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
World Urban Campaign - Better City, Better Life  
View Details The second and third decades of the 21st Century will be an unprecedented moment in human history. World population will move from 50% to 70% urban. A collaborative, sustainable approach to all aspects of this rapid urbanization is needed. Th...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Joining the World Urban Campaign - Guidelines  
View Details The World Urban Campaign provides the necessary environment for collaboration. Coordinated by UN-Habitat, but owned and driven by a long list of committed partners, the Campaign is your opportunity to become part of the urban solution. This booklet p...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (March 2012)  
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       In this issue:

  • Youth Caravan to COP17 in Durban, South Africa: UN-Habitat CCCI Youth Participate in Historic Event
  • Thirteen Urban Districts in Rwanda Sign Up for Making Cities Resilient Campaign
  • Climate Change ...
Year: 2012, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Campagne Urbaine Mondiale - Meilleure Ville, Meilleure Vie  
View Details Les deuxième et troisième décennies du 21ème siècle marqueront un moment sans précédent dans l’histoire de l’humanité alors que la population urbaine s’apprête à passer de 50 à 70 pour cent de la population mondiale en l’espace d’une génération. Il ...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
World Urban Campaign - Mejor ciudad, mejor vida  
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La segunda y la tercera década del siglo XXI será una época sin precedentes en la historia de la humanidad. La poblaci...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Land records for the poor  
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Conventional land administration systems rarely improve tenure security for the poor. Many people, especially poor and disadvantaged people, do not have their tenure relations to land included in a formal administration system with women, in parti...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UNACLA Newsletter December 2011  
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In this issue:

  • UNACLA highlights the importance of sustainable transport networks for cities and towns
  • UNACLA at the 10th Metropolis Congress
  • Former UNACLA member is appointed Deputy Executive Director of UN-HABITAT
  • ...
Year: 2012, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat in Partnership with the Arab States  
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UN-Habitat, the United Nations city agency, has been engaged with the Arab States region for over 30 years and over this period, UN-Habitat has expanded its operation to more than 10 countries in the region.

This brochure presents an overvi...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat in Partnership with the Arab States (arabic language version)  
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UN-Habitat, the United Nations city agency, has been engaged with the Arab States region for over 30 years and over this period, UN-Habitat has expanded its operation to more than 10 countries in the region.

This brochure presents an overvi...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (June 2012)  
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In this issue:

  • Partners launch Global Protocol for Community-scale GHG Emissions
  • UN-Habitat Applies for Accreditation as Agencies of the Global Environment Facility and Adaptation Fund
  • Sihanoukville officials in city-...
Year: 2012, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
等待解决方案 (Urban World: Waiting for a solution)  
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盖茨基金会引领人们寻求更好的卫生设施

  • 新加坡水资源保护的模范&#...
Year: 2012, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Cities and Climate Change Initiative Newsletter (September 2012)  
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In this issue:

  • Primary school supports innovative approach to flood risk management in Kampala
  • Responding to an ever increasing demand, the Cities and Climate Change Initiative takes action in Asia and the Pacific
  • Upc...
Year: 2012, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Developing Local Climate Change Plans  
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This tool provides local policy-makers and major stakeholders with a methodology to plan for climate change. These plans must address both mitigation (e.g., reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere) and adaptation (respon...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 148, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Planning for City Leaders  
View Details Urban Planning for City Leaders is a valuable source of information, inspiration and ideas on urban planning that is designed for city leaders and decision makers at a critical moment in human history. Predicted human population growth over the next ...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 188, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the World's Cities 2012/2013  
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The City is the Home of Prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also where ambitions, aspirations and other material and immaterial aspects of life are reali...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 152, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Our Urban Change - UN-Habitat Brochure  
View Details There is a need for a holistic approach to urban development and human settlements which provides for affordable housing and infrastructure and prioritizes slum upgrading and urban regeneration. Governments task for UN-Habitat is to promote an integr...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat in Partnership with the Latin America and the Caribbean  
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UN-Habitat, the United Nations city agency, has been engaged with the Arab States region for over 30 years and over this period, UN-Habitat has expanded its operation to more than 10 countries in the region.

This brochure presents an overvi...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat in Partnership with Africa  
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UN-Habitat, the United Nations city agency, has been engaged with the Arab States region for over 30 years and over this period, UN-Habitat has expanded its operation to more than 10 countries in the region.

This brochure presents an overvi...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-Habitat in Partnership with Asia and Pacific  
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UN-Habitat, the United Nations city agency, has been engaged with the Arab States region for over 30 years and over this period, UN-Habitat has expanded its operation to more than 10 countries in the region.

This brochure presents an overvi...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Youth 21: Building an Architecture for Youth Engagement in the UN Sytem  
View Details The Youth 21: Building an Architecture for Youth Engagement in the UN System report explores how youth have been historically engaged within the UN system. The report highlights both the challenges and the successes of youth’s engagement, and buildin...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Youth Empowerment for Urban Development  
View Details The approach of UN-Habitat’s Youth Empowerment Programme is to explore and demonstrate how youth-led initiatives can make a significant and unique contribution to accelerating the drive towards sustainable urbanization and achievement of the Millenni...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
ICT, Urban Governance and Youth  
View Details The ICT, Urban Governance and Youth is the fourth report in the Global Youth-Led Development series. The report aims to develop a conceptual framework to accommodate rapidly changing dynamics in three areas of urban development: the demographics of t...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Youth and Sport for Development  
View Details The potential of sport as a tool for development is being harnessed by a range of organizations across the world. The United Nations has argued that “well-designed sport-based initiatives are practical and cost-effective tools to achieve objectives i...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the Urban Youth Report 2012/2013  
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The increasing prominence of the youth bulge in most urban areas presents a unique opportunity, as they represent the most dynamic human resource available. Their numbers today are larger than at any point in human history. Yet this group suffers ...

Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the Field in Youth-Led Development  
View Details Informed by earlier findings from a web-based survey of youth-led development initiatives, this report analyzes data derived from UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund projects. It focuses only on registered youth-led groups, drawing on application and monitor...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Experiences and Lessons from the Urban Youth Fund Grantees in Africa and Asia  
View Details Informed by in-depth case studies of 13 youth fund funded projects, it analyzes experiences and lessons-learned from these projects. In contrast to the first two reports, it is having a more in-depth focus on a few selected projects. The reader is en...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
I'm a City Changer in Africa - English Language version  
View Details The World Urban Campaign, a global partnership coordinated by UN-Habitat, is proud to announce "I'm a City Changer in Africa," which will expand upon the current "I'm a City Changer" movement to increase engagement and collaborati...
Year: 2012, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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