| Climate and disaster resilience planning of vulnerable settlements in Laos PDR funded through the Adaptation Fund | 2016 | Following a two year process, UN-Habitat was accredited to the Adaptation Fund in August 2015. It has since successfully submitted a concept note entitled, “Enhancing the climate and disaster resilience of the most vulnerable rural and emerging urban human settlements in Lao PDR”. The project, currently in the phase of detailed project design, focuses on the southern provinces of Laos where the primary beneficiaries are approximately 47,000 people in 189 vulnerable settlements. In these settlements at least 60 per cent of the population is impoverished, and many represent ethnic minorities. The settlements are affected by floods, droughts, landslides and climate related diseases. Very little basic services exist in these settlements. |
| Sustainable Urban Mobility and Public Space | 2016 | |
| UN-Habitat Country Programme Document 2016 - 2019, Afghanistan | 2016 | |
| Sustainable Housing Reconstruction in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo | 2016 | Due to a more stable phase in the prolonged conflict of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN-Habitat recommends the initiation of permanent reconstruction and moving away from an emergency shelter in the area. The reconstruction process is recommended to reflect the local political, socio-cultural and physical context of the area and build on sustainable use of local building materials. In addition, generation of employment and local economic development through participatory processes and capacity building of community members is a key objective |
| Global Report on Urban Health; Equitable, Healthier Cities for Sustainable Development | 2016 | This timely report comes at a decisive moment in history where we can reshape urban environments and health systems for the majority of the world’s population that live in cities. Enabling this transformation are the SDGs, which have reconfigured how governments and the international community need to plan and implement actions to eradicate poverty and inequality, create inclusive economic growth, preserve the planet and improve population health. |
| Towards Strategic Planning: Challenges and Assets analysis for Seven villages in the Caza of Bint Jbeil | 2016 | تهدف الدراسة الى تحديد الاهداف التنموية الاستراتيجية واتجاهاتها لسبع بلدات في قضاء بنت جبيل. وقد تمّ هذا عن طريق إجراء تحليلات للواقع المحلي ودراسة للعناصر التي تشكل المقومات المتوفرة في المجتمع المحلي. وتقدم هذه الدراسة إطاراً عملياً لأخذ خطوات مستقبلية في اتجاه تحقيق تنمية مستدامة ومتوازنة في هذه البلدات. وبالتالي فهي تشكّل أداة لأصحاب القرار على المستويين المحلي والوطني بالإضافة إلى هيئات التنمية من أجل البناء عليها في مرحلة إعداد البرامج والسياسات |
| Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Labutta Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar, 2016 – 2050 (Scenarios for Resilience Building) | 2016 | This assessment analyzes the vulnerability of the ecological, infrastructure and socio-economic conditions of Labutta in relation to the present and projected climatic conditions. It concludes that vulnerabilities in Labutta are currently high and that changes in climate will require decision-makers in Labutta Township to plan for increased coastal flooding, warmer temperatures, more frequent extreme heat days, greater amounts of rain within a shorter monsoon season, salinization of water sources and agricultural land, and erratic rainfall patterns during other seasons. |
| Urban Development Initiative (UrDI) For the Canaan Area of Port-Au-Prince, Neighbourhood Plan: St. Christophe, 2016 | 2016 | The following land use proposals in this section are based on a participatory process within three months’ time-frame. The UN-Habitat team maps the existing situation and the community validates and proposes ideas. The urban Lab rechecks the suggested interventions and modifies if necessary. After that, a neighbourhood assembly is organized to showcase the overall vision and a land use is later developed. |
| Urban Planning and Design Lab's: Tools for Integrated and Participatory Urban Planning | 2016 | This publication aims to present the Lab´s approach towards planning and design, management and implementation, as well as to introduce the trajectory of the UN-Habitat’s Lab through its working years of experience. |
| Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict (English 2016) | 2016 | The global population is facing a range of large-scale challenges, which create increased competition and conflict over land at the transnational, national, subnational, local and family levels. This will increase over the next decades. By 2050 the world’s population will grow to around 9.6 billion people, with a population growth rate of 1 billion every 12 years. Already more than 50 per cent live in urban areas. All these people will need access to land and have to be fed in a sustainable way. The impact of this growth will be the greatest in the developing world, and particularly in Africa, where large-scale urbanization is expected. In 2010, 40 per cent of the population in developing countries was under 15 and young people (15-24 years) account for another 20 per cent. Young people are the least likely to have secure tenure (UN-Habitat/GLTN) and are a key vulnerable group. They are also the most likely to engage in conflict. |