Unpacking Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Development 2015 This joint publication “Unpacking Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Development” is the product of a close cooperation between GIZ and UN-Habitat. Against the background of rapid urbanization, new forms of power relations between the different levels of government emerge and stronger coordination and cooperation is required.
Balance de la estrategia de integración regional del Distrito Capital 2012-2015 2015 Este documento se estructura de la siguiente manera: en primer lugar, se presentan los objetivos del estudio, seguidos de una exposición de la metodología empleada para identificar avances, lecciones aprendidas y recomendaciones para la Alcaldía Mayor, así como el alcance de esta investigación. Posteriormente se presenta el contexto de la implementación de la Estrategia, la justificación de su formulación y finalmente los principales resultados del balance, el conjunto de lecciones aprendidas, buenas prácticas de la implementación y las recomendaciones identificadas para garantizar la sostenibilidad de los resultados.
Land Tenure Security in Selected Countries – Global Report 2015 Land tenure systems are the product of historical and cultural factors and they reflect the relationships between people, society and land (Payne, 2002). Land tenure comprises the customary and/or legal/statutory rights that individuals or groups have to land and related resources, and the resulting social relationships between the members of society (Kuhnen, 1982). Each country has developed specific land tenure concepts that are based on historical and current values and norms. The concepts determine the present tenure systems and they have often been shaped by an evolutionary process. In many cases, endogenous forces act as drivers that sharpen and change tenure systems, for example population growth, industrialization and urbanization, or accelerating natural resource exploitation.
Local Government Pocket Guide to Resilience 2015 All cities aspire to be great cities. This pocket guide aims to demon-strate why resilience is for everyone and for every city. While there is often an emphasis on planning for resilience in the world’s most rapidly urbanizing areas, many of the case studies featured here ex-press the need for, and value of, resilience building in those regions where urban population growth has peaked.
Integrating Climate Change into City Development Strategies 2015 This guide takes as a starting reference the three phases of the City Development Strategy process as highlighted in the Cities Alliance conceptual framework (Cities Alliance, 2011) and, for each phase, details the relevant steps to undertake in order to ensure that climate change concerns are streamlined in the process.
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 05: Energy and Cost Savings - EE Appliances 2015 Did you know that there is a worldwide trend towards energy efficient appliances and building materials? And did you know that growing awareness and appreciation of the environment is set to increase the demand for green buildings. Current improvements in design and technology offer new opportunities to be competitive in the domestic and international market. Green buildings generally offer a more comfortable, healthier and cost effective solution for living and working. To go green means to maintain a competitive edge in the market.
GLTN Capacity Development Strategy 2014 Developing capacity in the land sector is central to the goals, objectives and activities of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), and we have embraced the idea of finding better ways to do it