| Planning Law Assessment Framework (Spanish) Marco de Evaluación de la Normativa en Materia de Planeamiento Urbanístico | 2018 | Para garantizar que las normas de planeamiento urbanístico cumplan sus funciones de la manera más eficaz posible, es preciso examinarlas con frecuencia a medida que cambian los contextos y las necesidades. El Marco de Evaluación de la Normativa en materia de Planeamiento Urbanístico, elaborado por la Unidad de Legislación Urbana de ONUHabitat, es un instrumento de autoevaluación rápida que tiene por objeto determinar los puntos fuertes y débiles de un sistema jurídico de planificación urbana. En este informe se examinan las leyes, reglamentos y decretos que son aplicables en una ciudad y que se promulgan a diferentes niveles. |
| Urban-LEDS II Newsletter #1 | 2018 | Introducing phase II of the Urban-LEDS Project. The full name of the project is: “Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies”, or “Urban-LEDS II” for short. The project is funded by the European Union. Phase I ran from 2012 – 2015 involving Brazil, Indonesia, India and South Africa. This second phase runs from 2017 – 2021 and includes four new countries: Colombia, Brazil, Lao PDR and Rwanda. UN-Habitat and ICLEI are working closely together to accelerate urban low emission development and climate resilience, engaging with more than 60 cities worldwide. Technical assistance is provided to cities in 8 countries, helping them develop robust strategies and climate action plans, underpinned by knowledge gained from risk & vulnerability assessments and greenhouse gas emission inventories. A key component of the project is the fostering of a multilevel governance approach to urban climate action. The project encourages discussions between all levels of government to explore vertically integrated approaches that address how to improve governance structures, effective communication, intra-governmental coordination, andfinance flows, in all relevant sectors. Urban-LEDS II is an implementation action supporting the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM). |
| Hudur Urban Profile | 2018 | The Hudur Urban Profile is part of a series of working paper summarizing major aspects of an urban analysis from the spatial perspective for elaborating on solutions for long term urban development and the current displacement crisis in Somalia. |
| Assessment of Public Spaces in a Heritage District, Wuchang, Wuhan, China | 2018 | The inventory and assessment of public spaces in Wuchang heritage district evaluates the quality of open public spaces and streets, and discusses the value and significance of heritage spaces in this district. It promotes the significant role of heritage places in shaping the community’s cultural identity and improving the quality of life. It aims to integrate a participatory approach through planning and design, where the quality of urban public space can be improved to preserve, conserve and p |
| Rapid City Profile Janzour | 2018 | The report consists of a multi-sectoral tool providing a detailed assessment of the urban functionality and services, and the population dynamics with a focus on the conflict implications in terms of demographic changes, infrastructure damage, socio-economic landscape and coping mechanisms adopted by the population. |
| Urban Law in Colombia - Urban Legal Case Study 5 | 2018 | The Colombian legal-urban framework is a robust and complex structure of tools that seek to meet land’s “social and ecological function”, defined by Colombia’s 1991 Constitution. It has become a renowned example in Latin America, as it introduces many different principles and tools that other countries in the region had not implemented or utilized. The strengthening of urban development and territorial planning as key elements in the overall development of Colombia has led to the creation of strong and renovated institutions, which seek to manage, coordinate, and control the new principles and tools for territorial development. |
| End-of-Phase Evaluation Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) – Phase 2 (2/2018) | 2018 | |
| UN-Habitat 10 Years in Myanmar | 2018 | This provides a comprehensive narrative of UN-Habitat Myanmar’s 10 years of engagement in the country describing achievements in the areas of disaster risk reduction and urban resilience, climate change, basic services, housing, urban planning and development, land administration, and slums improvement. |
| Final Report of the Venice City Solutions 2030 | 2018 | |
| Climate Risk Information Needs for Decision-Making in Myanmar | 2018 | This research aims at informing development initiatives that responds to capacity gaps and requirements of stakeholder sectors in Myanmar in relation to mitigation and management of risks relevant to climate variability and change. The research concentrates on Dagon Seikan Hpa-An, Keng Tung, Kyauk Phyu, Labutta, Mawlamyine, and Meiktila; and select communities therein. |