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Garowe - first steps towards strategic urban planning  
View Details The publication contains the spatial analysis of Garowe, the capital city of the Puntland State of Somalia.

This publication presents the results of the urban spatial analysis carried out by UN-HABITAT experts under the guidance of municipal aut...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Best Practices on Social Sustainability in Historic Districts  
View Details The case studies comprise a selection of initiatives in the enhancement and conservation of cultural heritage, contained in UN HABITAT’S Best Practices Database. They represent all regions of the world and demonstrate a variety of entry points, metho...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Berbera Profile  
View Details This booklet outlines the basic steps taken towards effective and integrated urban development in the city of Berbera in the northern Somali region (Somaliland). It discusses the tools and processes used – such as a city profile, a city consultation,...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Environment Newsletter (September, 2008)  
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This edition covers the following topics:

  • World Urban Forum 4: Harmonious Urbanization
  • Improving cities through Localizing Agenda 21: Bayamo, Cuba
  • World Cities Summit in Singapore
  • UNEP works with Nairobi to impro...
Year: 2008, Periodicity: Biannually, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
GIS as a Planning Support System for the Planning of Harmonious Cities  
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Professor Yeh explores the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Planning Support System for urban planning. Despite the growing popularity of participatory approaches ...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 35, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Gardho - First steps towards strategic urban planning  
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The publication contains the spatial analysis of Gardho, a town in the Puntland State of Somalia.

This publication presents the results of the urban spatial analysis carried out by UN-HABITAT experts under the guidance of municipal author...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Sheikh - First steps towards strategic urban planning  
View Details The publication documents the process undertaken by the Sheikh Municipality, records the outcomes of the first broad consensus on urban issues, priority interventions and action plans, introduces the spatial analysis as a tool for strategic planning,...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 40, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Environment Newsletter (February, 2008)  
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This edition covers the following topics:

  • Cities and Climate Change:The Road from Bali to Copenhagen
  • Esmeraldas LA21:Planning for a Changing Climate
  • UNEP Helps Bangkok Tackle Climate Change
  • Climate-proofing Cape ...
Year: 2008, Periodicity: Biennial, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Promoting Biodiversity In and Around the Lake Victoria Basin  
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This Working Paper critically assesses the potential role of local authorities in promoting biodiversity conservation in the Lake Victoria Cities within the existing global framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It sets the broader c...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 40, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Governance Reform from Below: Multilevel Politics and the 'New Deal' Campaign in Toronto, Canada  
View Details Since the year 2000 the City of Toronto, Canada's most populous municipality, has mounted a sustained, high-profile campaign to ensure the devolution of more powers and resources from its provincial and federal counterparts. This campaign for a 'Ne...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 57, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT in the Somali Region  
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For more than 25 years, UN-HABITAT has been working with partners in the Somali region to promote sustainable, participatory urban development. This booklet explains in detail the numerous UN-HABITAT projects that have been implemented, but also e...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
SUDP-Newsletter – 6th edition – January 2008  
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The 6th edition of the SUDP Newsletter details activities of the programme over the past few months, partcularly in urban services, urban management, and governance. Two special sections focus on UN-HABITAT’s role in complex emergencies and plan...

Year: 2008, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Broad-Based Partnerships as a Strategy for Urban Livability: An Evaluation of Best Practices  
View Details After brief discussion of governance as a context for approaches to combating poverty, this paper presents tri-sector partnerships as an emerging strategy with the potential of being more effective than more narrowly conceived public-private partners...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 102, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Municipal Finance and Urban Development  
View Details Municipal Finance of Urban Development was prepared as a background paper for the UN-Habitat Global Report 2005: Financing Urban Shelter and a summary was included as Chapter 3 of the Global Report under the title: Municipal Finance: Conditions and T...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 148, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
The Role of Government in the Housing Market  
View Details The diversity of Asia provides unique opportunities for examining the effectiveness of different policies and instruments. The Asian financial crisis reveals our ignorance of market operations and makes us to rethink the Asian economic environment ...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 130, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Habitat Debate Vol. 13, No. 4, Healthy Cities  
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As humanity becomes predominantly urban, the major challenge for public health in the 21st century will be in cities. Patterns of future urban growth will affect the incidence and severity of health issues. The morphology of cities, their density,...

Year: 2007, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Problems and Policies in Latin America: Truths and Fallacies  
View Details The paper summarizes and critically examines collaborative research efforts in the field of Latin American urban studies in the latter half of the 20th century. The outcomes and conclusions arising from this research are revisited in relation to rece...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 35, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Problemas y políticas urbanas en América Latina: Certidumbres y falacias  
View Details En esta ponenc a trataré de hacer un balance de algunas de las nvest gac ones que hemos llevado a cabo en d st ntos momentos de nuestra trayector a académ ca, con el objeto de retomar c ertas conclus ones de las m smas en el contexto en que se d eron...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Libya Urban Planning Newsletter, Issue No. 3  
View Details This is the third newsletter of UN-HABITAT activities in Libya. This issue describes the main findings of the international seminar on Sustainable Urbanization which took place in Tripoli on 30th June and 1st of July 2007 and World Habitat Day which ...
Year: 2007, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability  
View Details The methodology for Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability was developed by the Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States (ROAAS) and sister units within the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT), supported by a contrib...
Year: 2007, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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