UN-HABITAT, the United Nations agency for human settlements, helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, healthier, greener places with better opportunities where everyone can live in dignity. UN-HABITAT works with organizations at eve...

ONU-Habitat, le programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains, aide les citadins pauvres en transformant les villes pour en faire des lieux plus sûrs, plus sains et plus verts offrant davantage d’opportunités et où chacun peut vivr...

World Habitat Day provides an excellent opportunity to highlight key human settlements issues. We would like to thank all our partners who in past years have organized awareness raising activities on the day and have described the celebrations t...

In this issue; Afghanistan: citizens on the frontline, Mozambique's struggle after the floods, Seoul's bid to be the world's greenest city

In today’s urbanizing world, the issues at stake in cities are numerous and
complex. UN-HABITAT has been addressing them over the past 30 years
by publishing a wide range of information material for researchers, decision
makers in...

Dar es Salaam is the main industrial and commercial centre of the United Republic of Tanzania. It is a coastal city, located along the Indian Ocean. It has a population of approximately 2.5 million with an annual growth rate of 4.3%...

More people are in the move in China than ever before in human history. With China already home to a quarter of the world’s population,the Chinese government today is actively encouraging people to move to the city to relieve the pressure on scarc...

Urban poverty is one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the 21st century. With the backdrop of the growing urban slums surrounding Lima,capital city of Peru,this video examines the enduring magnetism of big cities-and asks whether the m...