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REPORTS, GUIDES, DECLARATIONS and more...
Browse through UN-HABITAT’s library of reports, resolutions, declarations, training materials and best practices, by theme, or view them alphabetically and chronologically |
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Regional Roll-Out Strategy for Africa 2012-2021 |
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The overall objective of the strategy is to support African cities to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation measures into their urban development agendas, with a specific focus on the poor. Specifically, the strategy aims at supporting towns and cities in Africa of population size varying between 50,000 to 5 million.
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Towards a Green Economy: promoting sustainable urban development and green infrastructure investment |
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This side event was held in conjunction with the 2nd Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), due to take place in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Rio 2012). The side event brought together stakeholders from both public and private sectors to share experiences and explore approaches to enhance action by cities towards the green economy, within the context of sustainable urban development and green infrastructure investment. The event also served as the launch of a series of public‐private round tables on investing in green infrastructure.
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HSP/GC/23/7 Proceedings of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme at its twenty-third session |
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What Does the Green Economy Mean for Sustainable Urban Development? |
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This is a detailed report from the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) that took place to explore linkages between the ‘Green Economy’ agenda and UN-Habitat’s traditional ‘Urban Agenda’. It provides a summary of the conceptual linkage between cities and the green economy from a material flows perspective and the urban patterns that will shape and determine the way cities respond to the green economy challenge.
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Urban Patterns for Sustainable Development: Towards a Green Economy |
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Citizens, governments and the United Nations increasingly are embracing a new paradigm for development: the Green Economy. Proponents seek to develop their economies along pathways of higher, more equitable growth at lower carbon, energy and resource intensity. The Green Economy is pro-growth and pro-jobs, as well as pro-environment.
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Some Considerations on Water and Climate Change Impacts - St. Louis, Senegal |
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This document is a product of the Shelter Initiative. The Shelter Initiative is a partnership between UN-HABITAT and the ARCADIS company which started in March 2010 around a common goal: to improve the quality of life inrapidly growing cities around the world.
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Seminar Report (UP) Strengthening climate change in planning education |
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Universities can help cities solve their complex problems and realize their development potential. In
many countries, however, the research and training priorities of universities are not in line with the
emerging priorities for sustainable urban development. At the same time, the findings of university
researches are not usually disseminated amongst practitioners, and the knowledge acquired by
university staff is rarely mainstreamed in the university curricula, and thus future urban practitioners
are not sufficiently exposed to these key issues.
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Workshop on Climate Change and Urban Planning, Rotterdam, 28-30 May 2009 |
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The Workshop on Climate Change and Urban Planning, held in Rotterdam, 28-30 May 2009 brought together participants representing planning universities and planning professionals. The objectives of the workshop were: (1) to reach a common understanding on how better urban planning and design can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially in the Developing Countries context, (2) to agree on how best to equip urban planners and related professionals, especially in developing countries to deal with climate change and to conceptualize the core elements of a toolbox and (3) to reach a common understanding on how urban planning and design schools can better address climate change as an integral part of their curricula.
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UN-HABITAT Universities Round Table Report. Rio de Janeiro, March 2010 |
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The world has urbanised. Over half of the world’s population now live in urban areas and 90 per cent of the growth is occurring in the developing world, with 70 per cent of the world’s population forecast to live in urban areas by 2050. The UN Millennium Development Goals provide benchmarks for progress on poverty which is a fundamental urban issue.
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Executive Summary of Feasibility Study for a Global Urban Research Umbrella |
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UN-HABITAT proposes to support the building of an international urban research network bringing together Habitat Partner University members and other interested parties.A major objective of this network is to significantly contribute to the generation of urban knowledge relevant for the future development of human settlements and to facilitate its accessibility to the key stakeholders. Its vision is to become a global key source of reference for urban innovation, a laboratory generating and exchanging new urban ideas within a vibrant learning environment.
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Regional Roll-Out Strategy for Africa 2012-2021