A New Strategy of Sustainable Neighbourhood Planning: Five principles - Urban Planning 2014 UN-Habitat supports countries to develop urban planning methods and systems to address current urbanization challenges such as population growth, urban sprawl, poverty, inequality, pollution, congestion, as well as urban biodiversity, urban mobility and energy. The 5 principles support the 3 key features of sustainable neighbourhoods and cities: compact, integrated, connected.
Planeamiento Urbano para Autoridades Locales 2014 Planeamiento Urbano para Autoridades Locales
Evaluation of BASF Stiftung UN-Habitat Programme Contribution Towards Sustainable Development, December 2014 2014
Land Tenure Security in Selected Countries 2014 Secure land and property rights for all are essential to reducing poverty because they underpin economic development and social inclusion. Secure land tenure and property rights enable people in urban and rural areas to invest in improved homes and livelihoods. Although many countries have completely restructured their legal and regulatory framework related to land and they have tried to harmonize modern statutory law with customary ones, millions of people around the world still have insecure land tenure and property rights.
Realizing The Human Rights To Water And Sanitation: Frameworks 2014 The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, presented recently a new publication: Realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: A handbook. UN-Habitat has supported the work of the UN Special Rapporteur and welcomes this publication.
Briefing Note: The UN Delivering as One Approach 2014 Delivering as One: Making the UN system more coherent, effective and efficient
Construction of More Equitable Cities 2014 This book teaches us that the fight against inequality requires the establishment of a new governance paradigm which coordinates efforts, strengthens formal coordination mechanisms, establishes
joint responsibilities and provides the resources and incentives
necessary at every level of government. Responsibilities should be
shared in such a way as to facilitate a more decisive and better coordinated way of confronting inequality in cities.
GEAP - Gender Equality Action Plan (2014-2019) 2014 The Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) is the means to realize the The UN-Habitat Policy and Plan for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Urban and Human Settlements.
Urban Development Financing: The challenges of Local Governments in Developing Countries 2014 Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting "Urban Development Financing: The challenges of Local Governments in Developing Countries” held in Barcelona, Spain, 25-26 June 2014
The Journal of Sustainable Building Design. Issue 1: Multi-dwelling Housing 2014 This journal acts as a guideline in providing applicable passive design principles for different climatic conditions that should be taken into consideration when designing in the different climates. These include: site analysis, building orientation, natural ventilation, day lighting, solar shading, building materials, window sizes, window location, location of building services. The current edition tackles the topic of multi-dwelling design.