The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban infrastructure?
Following on from previous St...
Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 224, Type of publication: Book
The year 2009 was a landmark for management as UN-HABITAT rationalized its organizational structure and became better aligned to deliver the results prescribed under its Medium-Term Strategic and Institutional Plan. In particular, resource mobiliz...
Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 62, Type of publication: Book
This report carries short summaries of each of UN-HABITAT's country activities. These reference sheets include: the total project or programme cost, partner institutions, background objectives, activities and results. The report is divided into six s...
Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 322, Type of publication: Book
Planning Sustainable Cities reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that t...
Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 336, Type of publication: Book
