Enabling Shelter Strategies 2011 Enabling shelter strategies call for a fundamental shift in the role of government, from provider to enabler of affordable housing.
Program Planning and Evaluation In Urban Youth Centres , Volume 5 2011 This manual exists as one of a growing library of materials produced by UN-HABITAT for use by and in the One Stop and We Are the Future Urban Youth Centres.
Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming in UN-HABITAT 2011 The objectives of the evaluation are to assess UN-HABITAT's efforts in mainstreaming gender across its programmes and policies, and the appropriateness of its institutional arrangements and strategic partnerships for the promotion of gender equality in human settlements.
Guide pratique pour les Décideurs Politiques - Loger les Pauvres dans les Villes Africaines. 7: Le logement locatif. Une option très négligée dans le cas des pauvres - French Version Language 2011 Dans les villes africaines, des millions de gens sont locataires.
Cairo - a City in Transition 2011 UN-HABITAT's Cities and Citizens series examines urban inequality in the developing world through in-depth analysis of intracity data developed by UN-HABITAT and its partners institutions, on-the-ground interviews, insights and images.
Kenya Country Impact Study - Volume 2 2011
Lebanon Urban Profile: A Desk Review Report 2011 Lebanon is a small country with a total population of 4,223,553 (World Bank, 2010). Recent figures show that 87% of this population currently live in urban areas with the majority - estimated at 64% - residing in large agglomerations mostly in the metropolitan areas of Beirut and Tripoli (UN-HABITAT, 2008).
The growth of cities in Lebanon has paralleled the urbanization process that is taking place globally. The conditions generated out of urbanization have a number of universal commonalities.This paper has been prepared to serve as a background paper for the first report on the State of the Arab Cities to be published by the UN-HABITAT, the Arab League and the Arab Town Organization.
Malawi: Lilongwe Urban Profile 2011 Lilongwe, the largest city in Malawi, became the capital and administrative City of Malawi in 1975 after relocating from Zomba. Lilongwe has witnessed a high urbanization rate ever since, accelerated by the relocation of all government head offices from Blantyre to Lilongwe from 2005.
Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in African Cities. 4: Eviction. Alternatives to the destruction of urban poor communities 2011 This Quick Guide 4 explores how communities facing eviction have organized themselves, and drawn on the support of community-based networks and institutions in Africa and globally to find alternatives to the destruction of their settlements.
Proceedings of the Regional Stakeholders' Consultations for The Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN) 2011 UN-HABITAT is implementing the Mekong Region Water and Sanitation (MEK-WATSAN) Initiative in collaboration with the Governments of the Mekong Region. The initiative focuses on improving access to water and sanitation in the fast growing towns located in or close to the economic corridors of the Greater Mekong sub-region.