| A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Iqlim El-Kharroub El-Chamali, Mount Lebanon Governorate | 2024 | |
| Valuing What Matters in Urban Areas - A position paper of the Quality of Life Initiative | 2024 | The position paper was developed by the academic community of practice of the Quality of Life Initiative and provides context, key takeaways and recommendations for cities and local leaders to use to inform policies that improve quality of life at the local level. The community of practice takes the position that a truly holistic vision of quality of life - and its understanding, measurement, and application - can provide a common thread through which ambitious, inclusive, resilient, sustainable development can progress at the scale and speed demanded by the urgency of the interlinked challenges faced today. |
| Legislative and Administrative Land and Property Rights Framework: Lebanon | 2024 | This report analyses the land sector in Lebanon by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report. |
| Mafraq Spatial Profile | 2024 | Based on a spatially focused and cross-sectoral situational analysis of urban settlements hosting displaced populations, this multi-level profile allows locals, stakeholders, and readers to develop a comprehensive spatial understanding of the existing situation as a basis for evidence-based decision making for long-term urban development strategies and infrastructure investment planning. |
| A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Jezzine, South Governorate | 2024 | |
| Urban Regeneration for Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals | 2024 | The paper ‘Urban Regeneration for Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals’ focuses on demonstrating how urban regeneration can drive progress across at least 15 SDGs and advance 45 targets. It includes four case studies from different regions to illustrate the impacts and lessons learnt. |
| Land governance and land rights in Palestine: Analysis and recommendations | 2024 | This report analyses the land sector by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report. This publication is part of the research work carried out by the Arab Land Initiative under the Arab Region Programme on Good Land Governance in Support to Inclusive Development, Peace and Stability funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) under the management of UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN). The opinions presented in this paper are of the author and do not reflect the views of GLTN, UN-Habitat, its Governing Bodies or Member States. |
| Legislative and Administrative Land and Property Rights Framework: Lebanon | 2024 | This report analyses the land sector in Lebanon by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report. |
| Ministerial meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP28 Summary Report | 2024 | This report summarizes the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change held at COP28 on 6 December 2023. This key event, co-hosted by UN-Habitat, the High-Level Climate Champions, and the COP28 Presidency, brought together over 1,000 people including around 60 ministerial representatives and reflects a collective commitment to tackling climate change's complexities within urban contexts. |
| Mafraq Spatial Profile | 2024 | Based on a spatially focused and cross-sectoral situational analysis of urban settlements hosting displaced populations, this multi-level profile allows locals, stakeholders, and readers to develop a comprehensive spatial understanding of the existing situation as a basis for evidence-based decision making for long-term urban development strategies and infrastructure investment planning. |