Tools and Methodologies for Safer Schools and Hospitals in South Asia: RetroMaintenance of Hospitals 2012 UN-Habitat ROAP in partnership with UNISDR Asia Pacific Secretariat developed a Tool Kit to assess the safety of critical infrastructure, focusing on schools and hospitals in South Asia.
The State of China Cities 2012/2013 2012 The State of China’s Cities 2012/2013 is a collection of contributions from UNHabitat, China Science Centre of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, China Association of Mayors and Chinese Society of Urban Planning.
External Evaluation of UN-Habitat’s Water and Sanitation Trust Fund (WTSF) 2011 An external evaluation of the UN-Habitat Trust Fund. A request by the Governments of Norway, Spain, and the Netherlands, in collaboration with UN-Habitat
Malawi: Zomba Urban Profile 2011 Under the motto of “Floriate Zomba” (Make Zomba a Flowery City) Zomba City, the first capital of Malawi up to 1975, is undergoing rejuvenation since it was declared a city in March 2008. Comprehensive urban management and development of land use and local economic development plans will help in positively addressing various challenges being faced.
Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in African Cities. 1: Urban Africa. Building with untapped potential 2011 This Quick Guide proposes a range of policy and action frameworks that can steer urban development in positive directions, using the resources of knowledge and experience that exist within urban communities across Africa.
Affordable Land and Housing in Asia 2011 In the vast majority of countries land and housing affordability is a critical contemporary challenge. While in different countries and regions the specificities of the challenge vary, the universal truism is that it is becoming increasing difficult for the vast majority of urban residents to obtain and retain adequate and affordable land and housing. This series canvases the state of affordable land and housing in four regions facing major affordability difficulties: Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and Europe and North America (member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe). Each volume firstly explores the major trends in housing conditions, availability, quality and tenure modalities.
Libro Blanco de la seguridad y la convivencia de Medellín (Spanish Language Version) 2011 El Libra Blanco de la Seguridad y la Convivencia de Medellín es una herramienta de gobernanza mediante la cual se pretende identificar las problemáticas sociales e institucionales que inciden en el aumento de los índices de violencia.
Public-Private Partnership in Housing and Urban Development 2011 This report examines how the public-private partnership (PPP) model can be applied to help promote sustainable housing and urban development for countries around the world.
Les Villes et le Changement Climatique: Orientations Générales - Édition Abrégée (French Language Version) 2011 Le présent rapport analyse les liens entre l'urbanisation et le changement climatique, les effets potentiellement dévastateurs du changement climatique sur les populations urbaines et les nouvelles pratiques et stratégies politiques adoptées dans les centres urbains.
Urban Youth Centre Setup Guide , Volume 1 2011 This manual exists as one of a growing library of materials produced by UN-HABITAT for use by and in Urban Youth Centres, both One Stop and We Are the Future models.