| Asset-Based Approach to Community Development and Capacity Building | 2008 | This report consists of five parts. Part one traces the origins of the debates surrounding conventional and alternative approaches to community development, against the broader backdrops of ‘need vs. asset’ and ‘people vs. place’ distinctions. |
| Berbera Profile: First Steps Towards Strategic Urban Planning | 2008 | This booklet outlines the basic steps taken towards effective and integrated urban development in the city of Berbera in the northern Somali region (Somaliland). |
| Promoting Biodiversity In and Around the Lake Victoria Basin | 2008 | This Working Paper critically assesses the potential role of local authorities in promoting biodiversity conservation in the Lake Victoria Cities within the existing global framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. |
| Reducing Urban Crime and Violence; Summary of the Global Report on Human Settlements 2007 (Volume 1) | 2008 | This publication, which focuses on crime and violence, is the first of three volumes of the Abridged Edition of the Global Report 2007. |
| Quick Guides for Policy Makers - Housing the Poor in Asian Cities. 6: Community-Based Organizations. The poor as agents of development | 2008 | This Quick Guide examines how community organizations can be valuable and resourceful partners when it comes to finding viable solutions to their own housing problems. |
| Comment faire face à une crise mondiale : l’Année internationale de l’assainissement 2008 (French Language Version) | 2008 | Le 20 décembre 2006, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a proclamé l’année 2008 Année internationale de l’assainissement (AIA). |
| Promouvoir le Développement Economique par la Planification Stratégique , Volume 2 | 2008 | Sans des institutions locales fortes et un personnel motivé, la réforme de la décentralisation et des établissements humains ne donnera pas les résultats escomptés en matière de développement. |
| Ethiopia: National Urban Profile | 2008 | In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities. |
| Systematic Land Information and Management: A Technical Manual for the Establishment and Implementation of a Municipal Geographic Information System | 2008 | This manual provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for administrators and technical personnel on how to set up and operate a Geographical Information System in a municipal context using ArcGIS software. |
| Secure Land Rights for All | 2008 | This publication on Secure Land Rights for All demonstrates how secure land rights are particularly important in helping to reverse three types of phenomena: gender discrimination; social exclusion of vulnerable groups; and wider social and economic inequalities linked to inequitable and insecure rights to land. |