| Global Public Space Programme Annual Report 2023 | 2023 | The 2023 Global Public Space Programme Annual Report showcases impact stories and best practices implemented in 2023 by UN-Habitat and its partners on public space initiatives. This year the report reflects on projects not only from the Global Public Space Programme but also led by our Regional and Country Offices. The intention is to share an agency-wide unified report to underscore UN-Habitat's commitment to collaboration and integrated action. |
| MY Neighbourhood | 2023 | MY Neighbourhood’ provides an extensive ‘check list’ of urban design principles that are applicable in diverse cultural and geographical contexts at the neighbourhood scale. This checklist ensures an integrated approach to neighbourhood design by integrating principles across five key city objectives, across sectors (transport, housing, public space, utilities etc), and across design dimensions (neighbourhood, street, open public space, and building unit). |
| A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF URBAN GOVERNANCE FOR PLANNING IN 10 COUNTRIES OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH: URBAN GOVERNANCE CASE STUDIES, VOLUME 1 | 2023 | UN-Habitat supports cities and countries all over the world to strengthen governance by improving the coordination and transparency of institutional frameworks; empowering representatives of urban stakeholders and constituencies through inclusive sound institutions and mechanisms; and providing predictability and coherence in urban development plans to enable social inclusion, sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and environmental protection. The rationale being that the quality of urban governance is the most important factor for the eradication of poverty and for prosperous cities. UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2020-2023 states that urban and territorial planning and design must be a central component of the renewed urban governance paradigm, which promotes local democracy, participation, inclusion, and transparency to ensure sustainable urbanization and spatial quality. UN-Habitat has conducted this in-depth study on the state of urban governance for planning in 10 countries in the global South (Afghanistan, Cameroon, Guinea, Niger State, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, and Uganda), with key principles of effective governance as reflected under international commitments such as the New Urban Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals forming the basis of the analysis. The research findings support previous United Nations studies that found that urban governance systems are currently unfit for purpose and need critical reforms to enable sustainable and inclusive urban development. The findings also serve to inform public officials and other stakeholders working to protect the rights of urban populations on possible actions to improve urban governance. Developing solutions to urban challenges involves several interacting factors and actors, making desirable outcomes hard to achieve and predict. Maximizing the potential of urban areas requires institutionalizing multilevel governance arrangements, transparency and accountability among diverse stakeholders in a way that recognizes the complexity of urban challenges. |
| Mid-Term Project Evaluation of Scaling up community-based land registration and land use planning on customary land use in Uganda: Consolidation Phase (2021-2023) (2023/5) | 2023 | |
| Executive Director’s Report 2022 | 2023 | |
| Vision, Scenario Building, and Action Plan for Al-Hashmi Al-Janoubi Neighbourhood | 2023 | Following the spatial analytics done in the Amman Spatial Profile and through a participatory approach, this report provides a practical example on neighbourhood planning. It is a blueprint on transforming evidence-based studies into financeable projects and translating the optimal scenario into an action plan, all of which help realize the formulated vision for the Al-Hashmi Al-Janoubi neighbourhood |
| Resilient and Green Human Settlements Framework | 2023 | The Resilient and Green Human Settlements Framework (RGHSF) is a policy document that first, helps to restructure the way we view human settlements in the Philippines, particularly through the lens of climate change and disaster resilience. |
| End Term Evaluation Report - Multi-sectoral response to the humanitarian crisis in the North of Lebanon through the human security approach | 2023 | |
| Integrando a saúde ao planejamento urbano e territorial: Guia de referência | 2023 | This sourcebook identifies a comprehensive selection of existing resources and tools to support the incorporation of health into UTP, including advocacy frameworks, entry points and guidance, as well as tools and illustrative case studies. It does not provide prescriptions for specific scenarios – these should be determined by context, people and available resources. |
| Damietta Spatial Profile (Egypt) | 2023 | يمكّن هذا الملف متعدد المستويات، المستند إلى تحليل الوضع المكاني والمتعدد القطاعات للمناطق الحضرية التي تستضيف اللاجئين، السكان المحليين وأصحاب المصلحة والقراء من تطوير فهم مكاني شامل للوضع الحالي كأساس للتخطيط الاستراتيجي القائم على الأدلة من أجل تطوير التنمية الحضرية طويلة الأجل وتخطيط الاستثمار في البنية التحتية |