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| Lebanon Updates - Issue 5, February, 2009 |
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In cooperation with the Municipality of Muhammara, UNHABITAT held on November 17, 2008 a public meeting in order to launch the project “Integrated Approach for the Rehabilitation of NBC Adjacent Area”.
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| The UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility Newsletter January 2009 |
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Welcome to the January 2009 SUF Newsletter! As the new year begins, SUF is pleased to be a position where the Local Finance Facilities in Ghana, Indonesia and Sri Lanka are established with staff and funding for operation and development. The LFFs ha...
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: - Not available -, Type of publication: Periodical
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| UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility Working Paper 9 |
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It is estimated that up to 1 billion people live in slums in the cities of the world – one sixth of humanity – and that the numbers are rising. The UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility Pilot Programme was established in 2004 to examine ways in which in...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 82, Type of publication: Book
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| UN-HABITAT in the Somali Region |
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From April 2004 to September 2008, UN-HABITAT implemented the Urban Development Programme for the Somali Region (SUDP). The SUDP has expanded the agency’s long-established reconstruction, capacity building, and urban development activities to all maj...
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Monthly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| THE UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) WORKING PAPER 11 |
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Housing in Thailand has generally not been considered the responsibility of local government. The National Housing Authority (NHA) was set up in 1973. Initially the work of the National Housing Authority focused on the construction of houses and flat...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 28, Type of publication: Book
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| THE UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) WORKING PAPER 10 |
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The multi-stakeholder and multi-sector approach of the Slum Upgrading Facility provides a forum for the voices of poor communities and slum dwellers to be heard. Based on the experience of implementing the SUF pilot project in Indonesia, the first an...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 28, Type of publication: Book
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| UN-Habitat Country Program Document 2008-2009 - Vietnam |
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This UN-HABITAT Country Programme Document is prepared in the context that Vietnam is one of the first eight pilot countries for implementation of the One UN Initiative following the recommendations of the UN High Level Panel on System-Wide Coheren...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 31, Type of publication: Book
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| UN-HABITAT Country Programme Document 2008-2009 - Mozambique |
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The Habitat Country Programme Document for Mozambique outlines the main objectives and priorities of UN-HABITAT. In collaboration with the government and other UN Agencies, the overall aim of this UN-HABITAT Country Programme Document is to promote...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book
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| World Urban Forum 4 Report |
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The Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum held in Nanjing, China from 3-6 November 2008 drew nearly 8,000 participants from 146 countries. The Forum, held every two years, is now established as the world’s premier conference on cities.
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 26, Type of publication: Book
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| Urban Sector Studies and Capacity Building for Khartoum State |
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This report presents the summary of studies carried out through a collaboration between the Government of Sudan Ministry of Physical Planning and Public Utilities and UN-HABITAT. Each section of this report presents a complementary analysis of differ...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 64, Type of publication: Book
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| The UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) |
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UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility Work plan 8. Explains what they are, how they will work and why they are important. A key element of the SUF Pilot Programme work is that of establishing local finance facilities with a specific remit to support slu...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 15, Type of publication: Book
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| Humanitarian Affairs and the Role of UN-HABITAT |
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This policy document articulates UN-HABITAT’s role with regard to human settlements in crisis. It responds to Resolution HSP/GC/20/17 and supporting documents produced in response to Resolution HSP/GC/19/9 in relation to “Post-conflict, natural and h...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 33, Type of publication: Book
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| The UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility Newsletter (October 2008) |
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It is easy enough to define what a guarantee is. Harder
to define is how to apply a guarantee, and how to make
it work. Guarantees are not products to be promoted in
themselves. In other words, they should not be part of the
first discussions a...
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Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| National Strategy on Urban Crime Prevention in Tanzania |
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In 2007 Tanzania committed to the development of a national strategy on urban crime prevention. The National Strategy on Urban Crime Prevention in Tanzania is the culmination of 10 years of work on safety in Tanzania. Through this strategy the Govern...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 28, Type of publication: Book
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| Environment and Urbanization |
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This paper summarizes the outcome of an international conference on addressing the issue of urban youth in conflict with the law in Africa. It discusses the most effective responses to youth crime and violence which centre on prevention and inclusion...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 12, Type of publication: Book
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| 18 Poster Do’s and Don’ts of Financing Slum Upgrading |
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Ensure that financing for slum upgrading is recognised as a priority within national development planning and as a key investment element contributing to economic growth. This emphasis should be reflected in a slum upgrading budget line within nation...
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Year: 2008,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Lebanon Updates - Volume 1, Issue 2 May, 2008 |
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UN-HABITAT is implementing a two-year reconstruction project in Southern Lebanon targeting around 4,000 families whose houses were totally destroyed as a result of July war 2006.
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Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Lebanon Updates - Volume 1, Issue 3 August, 2008 |
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As part of EURO 500,000 grants provided by CyprusAid, UN-HABITAT has signed in May 2008 special cooperation agreements with the Union of Municipalities of Tyre, Bint Jbeil, and Jabal Amel to provide USD 10,000 for urgently needed community projects i...
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Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Lebanon Updates - Volume 1, Issue 1 Dec, 2007 |
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Although UNHABITAT was active more than 10 years ago in Lebanon, the agency strongly came back in November 2006, when the country was recovering from the massive human and physical losses caused by the July war which lasted for 33 days.
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Year: 2007,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| UN-HABITAT and Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP) |
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Kenya’s cities and towns are centres of industry, education, and culture, hosting
34 percent of the national population and generating over 65 percent
of the national GDP. With an annual urban population growth rate of 4.4
percent, it is one of th...
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Year: 2007,
Number of pages: 39, Type of publication: Book
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| Women’s equal rights to housing, land and property in international law. |
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Women’s equal rights to adequate housing, land and property are well elaborated under international human rights law but are often elusive in practice. This document is a reference guide to international human rights standards identifying both the su...
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Year: 2007,
Number of pages: 57, Type of publication: Book
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| The Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) Handbook |
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This Handbook provides new thinking about how to pay for improvements to existing underserved lowincome neighborhoods, and how to pay for appropriate new low-income residential neighborhoods. Both require dedicated and assigned land, paved access, st...
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Year: 2006,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP) |
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In April 2006, the Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme (MuSPP) was launched. This programme is funded by the Swedish Government through the Swedish International Development Agency, and implemented by UN-HABITAT in Kosovo. The Programme prov...
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Year: 2006,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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