E-Governance and Urban Policy Design in Developing Countries 2015 Governance is about the processes by which public policy decisions are made and implemented. ICT can become a catalyst to improve governance in towns and cities and help increase the levels of participation, efficiency and accountability in public urban policies, provided that the tools are appropriately used, accessible and affordable. This book examines how ICT enabled governance is applied to urban policy design and highlights case studies, tools, methodologies, all reflecting current challenges and potential for the use of ICT in governance processes in cities.
Indian Housing Project: Rebuilding Homes, Transforming Lives 2015 Three decades of conflict resulted in severe damage and destruction to houses and infrastructure facilities in the North and East of Sri Lanka. Unable to recover from major financial shocks due to poverty and years of displacement, the majority of families were incapable of rebuilding their damaged houses. From 2012, the Government of India funded the construction of 45,000 houses through a homeowner driven process. The project was facilitated through four implementing agencies, including UN-Habitat, in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. This photo book provides a glimpse into the lives of the families who rebuilt their permanent homes with funding from the Indian Housing Project and technical support from UN-Habitat.
The Role of Intermediate Cities in Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages towards the New Urban Agenda 2015 Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting "The Role of Intermediate Cities in Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages towards the New Urban Agenda” held in Montería, Colombia, 27-28 October 2015.
Urban Energy Technical Note 16: Gasifier Stoves 2015 Gasifiers produce wood gas which is a syngas fuel which can be used as a fuel for furnaces, stoves and vehicles in place of petrol, diesel or other fuels. During the production process biomass or other carbon-containing materials are gasified within the oxygen-limited environment of a wood gas generator to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. These gases can then be burnt as a fuel within an oxygen rich environment to produce carbon dioxide, water and heat. One of the main uses of wood gasification has been to power internal combustion engines. Wood gas stoves are actually wood gasifiers designed to produce heat which is ideal for cooking and meeting other heating needs.
Urban Solutions. United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Nairobi 2015 2015
Gender and Urban Climate Policy 2015 In the context of gender and climate change, focus is often laid on women as a particularly vulnerable group that is strongly affected by the impacts of climate change. While this is a highly important issue to address, it should not be neglected that other aspects of climate change and climate policy also have gender dimensions

The implementation of gender-sensitive climate policies can maximise potential co-benefits and synergies. This handbook provides advice on how to successfully take into consideration these challenges and opportunities in the context of urban climate policy.
Habitat III Issue Papers 2015
Urbanization and Climate Change in Small Island Developing States 2015
Programmatic Guidance Note for UN-Habitat Staff. Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 2015 The purpose of this Programmatic Guidance Note is to provide assistance to UN-Habitat staff for the promotion and protection of human rights.
UN-Habitat Support to Sustainable Urban Development in Kenya - Volume 1 2015 This report is based on the outcomes of the capacity development trainings that were undertaken in support to the implementation of the on-going Kenya Municipal Programme. It details outcomes of the first phase of the training that was done for the Kenya Municipal Programme Counties Clusters III (Machakos, Embu & Kiambu) and IV (Nyeri & Nakuru).