| World Smart Cities Outlook 2024 | 2024 | The report provides groundbreaking insights into the current state of smart city developments globally. By analyzing trends, challenges and opportunities, it offers a robust evidence base to foster inclusive, sustainable and people-centred smart cities. With recommendations for policymakers and other actors, it serves as a global reference for advancing digital transformation and innovation in urban areas while addressing regional disparities and digital divides. |
| Ghana Housing Profile | 2024 | The Revised Ghana Housing Profile provides a comprehensive analysis of Ghana's housing sector, addressing critical gaps and identifying opportunities for sustainable growth. This updated document offers actionable insights into affordable housing, urban planning, and policy development, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a focus on inclusivity and innovation, the profile serves as a vital tool for policymakers, stakeholders, and development partners striving to meet the nation’s housing demands while fostering economic and social resilience. |
| Integrating Sustainable Food Systems in National and Sub-National Urban Policies (NUP and SNUP) | 2024 | Many development practitioners have, until recently, viewed urban and rural areas as two mutually exclusive territories. However, this does not reflect the realities of the spatial and sectoral linkages between urban and rural areas. The two territories are two ends of a continuum of human settlements which are spatially and functionally interconnected and interdependent through physical, social, economic and environmental linkages that are continuously changing in time and space. During the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the spatial and functional linkages between urban and rural areas were greatly affected due to lockdown measures that were enforced to control the spread of Covid-19. Lockdown measures led to the disruption of transportation and flow of food, people, goods, services, resources and capital between urban and rural areas. Food supply and distribution chains were largely disrupted and therefore affecting access to and availability of food in both rural and urban areas. In particular, Covid-19 exposed the interconnected vulnerabilities between food production, distribution and consumption within the context of city-region food systems. As such, it became evident that urban-rural linkages must be considered more carefully in the short, intermediate and long-term responses to future global pandemics. This calls for renewed territorial planning and policy agenda for national, regional and local governments, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Sustainable urban development strategies need to consider urban-rural linkages and context in order to enhance more inclusive and resilient cities and human settlements. |
| A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Jord El-Aala–Bhamdoun, Mount Lebanon Governorate | 2024 | This booklet outlines strategic directions towards socioeconomic development for the Union of Municipalities of Jord El-Aala–Bhamdoun, Mount Lebanon Governorate. They were developed within the scope of UN-Habitat's initiative "Improving Planning Capacities for Social and Economic Local Development" implemented between 2020 and 2023 in close collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. |
| China Waste Wise Cities Good Practices: Series II | 2024 | As one of the essential public services that supports our society in the 21st century, waste management is a basic human need and a critical infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Waste management is a cross-cutting issue that affects many aspects of society and the economy, closely linked to many other global challenges, including health, climate change, poverty reduction, food and resource security, and sustainable production and consumption. Waste management is a key component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is considered as an entry point for achieving a range of SDGs. |
| Pour une Planification Urbaine axée sur les phénomènes migratoires | 2024 | Pour une planification urbaine axée sur les phénomènes migratoires - Guide en 3 étapes du programme Planification Urbaine et des Infrastructures dans le Contexte Migratoire (UPIMC) au Cameroun, en Égypte et en Jordanie. Elle décrit une méthodologie en trois phases : « Comprendre la ville », « Planifier la ville » et « Transformer la ville », pour développer des cadres de planification urbaine durables qui intègrent efficacement les besoins des migrants et des populations déplacées et de leurs communautés d'accueil dans les quartiers les plus vulnérables. |
| Manuel de Shanghai : Un guide pour le développement urbain durable au XXIe siècle - Rapport annuel 2024 | 2024 | The Shanghai Manual 2024 Annual Report showcases globally implemented urban best practices that present urban actors with innovative solutions to help cities navigate the complex challenges that they face today. Following the theme of ‘youth leading climate and local action for cities’, the report explores the potential of young people as urban change makers with a particular regard to climate action and urban environmental sustainability. |
| Quality of Life Conference - Concept Note and Agenda | 2024 | |
| Women, Land and Peace: Training guide to advance women’s Housing Land and Property rights in fragile contexts | 2024 | UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network developed this training guide to build awareness among land practitioners on the importance of women’s housing, land and property rights in fragile contexts, helping them understand the specific challenges faced by women and the implications for their well-being and empowerment. The guide seeks to enhance practitioners’ knowledge by providing foundational information on legal frameworks, policies, and best practices related to women’s housing, land and property rights in such contexts, enabling them to integrate a gender-responsive approach into their work. |
| Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Tuban Delta Yemen | 2024 | كانت هذه الدراسة جزءًا من مشروع الاستعداد لصندوق المناخ الأخضر "تعزيز قدرات السلطات دون الوطنية والجهات الفاعلة الرئيسية في قطاع المياه للتكيف مع تغير المناخ في دلتا توبان". كان هدف المشروع تمكين حكومة اليمن، وخاصة السلطات دون الوطنية المستهدفة، من الاستجابة لتغير المناخ في دلتا توبان. يشكل تقييم قابلية التأثر بتغير المناخ هذا إلى جانب دراسة علم المياه الأساس لتحديد خيارات التكيف لقطاع المياه. |