Textiles-as-a-service - leasing coveralls for kids in Norwegian kindergartens | 2025 | |
Lebanon – Building destruction and debris quantities assessment - Bekaa Governorate | 2025 | |
People Friendly Streets in Afghanistan | 2025 | This Urban Street Design Manual offers context-sensitive guidance for creating safer, more inclusive, and people-friendly streets in Afghan cities. It outlines key street elements, design principles, and practical solutions to support sustainable mobility, improve accessibility, and enhance the urban environment for all users. |
Multilayered Vulnerability Profile for Cobija, Bolivia | 2025 | |
Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the Pinheiro Principles in the Middle East and North Africa (Arabic) | 2025 | This handbook is designed to provide practical guidance to national and international actors, institutions, and organizations working to protect the housing, land, and property rights of refugees and displaced persons. It contributes to achieving sustainable solutions by applying the Pinheiro Principles to displacement situations across the Middle East and North Africa region. |
Korea National Urban Policy Programme at the World Urban Forum 12 | 2025 | This report summarizes a pivotal knowledge-sharing event, focused on Korea National Urban Policy Programme and its impact on people-centered smart cities, held in Cairo, Egypt, during the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12). This event was a key activity within the Korea National Urban Policy Programme (K-NUPP), highlighting the crucial intersection of people-centered smart cities and their effective integration into National Urban Policies (NUPs). This focus aligns perfectly with the broader goals of the Korea National Urban Policy Programme in fostering sustainable urban development. |
Advancing Urban-Rural Linkages: Digital Technology and Innovative Solutions for Food Flows and Territorial Resilience in East Africa | 2025 | Food security and sustainable urban-rural connections are critical to territorial resilience in East Africa, yet many challenges persist. Smallholder farmers, traders, and policymakers face obstacles such as inefficient value chains, poor infrastructure, and a lack of access to digital tools that could optimize food distribution and market participation. As cities grow and demand for food increases, there is an urgent need to integrate digital innovations into food systems to improve efficiency, transparency, and inclusivity. This strategy paper explores the role of digital technology in enhancing food flows and territorial resilience in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It presents case studies on successful digital solutions, including mobile applications, e-commerce platforms, and smart agricultural innovations, which are transforming food markets and supply chains. Developed through a collaborative effort involving UN agencies, academia, international NGOs, and government stakeholders, this publication provides a roadmap for implementing digital tools in food systems. |
Healthier Cities and Communities through Public Spaces | 2025 | This paper explores the potential of public spaces to foster healthier cities, with a specific focus on the role of urban planners and local governments. It introduces the topic by examining global agendas that highlight the interconnectedness of public spaces and health, emphasizing the synergies between them. The paper outlines seven strategies proposed by UN-Habitat for enhancing health outcomes through public spaces and concludes with five actionable recommendations to effectively implement these approaches. |
Closing the Loop on textile waste (CTL), a flagship program of Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) | 2025 | |
Learning from the pandemic recovery for a more green and resilient future for all. Cities and human settlements of Small Island Developing States | 2025 |