The New Urban Agenda Illustrated Handbook 2020 The New Urban Agenda Illustrated handbook prepared for all urban stakeholders globally supports a stronger understanding and implementation of the propositions contained in the New Urban Agenda.
The handbook analyses the contents and propositions of the New Urban Agenda and their synergies with the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets, and enriches them with visual illustrations, examples from all over the world and practical propositions for action.
Analyse des profils des quartiers et espaces publics de Conakry 2020 La présente étude est le fruit d’une démarche participative et d’une réflexion commune entre l’Equipe Projet de l’ONU -Habitat, les partenaires au niveau central et les bénéficiaires au niveau local et les populations résidentes consultées à Conakry. Elle porte sur l’Analyse des profils des quartiers et espaces publics dans les cinq communes de Conakry et dans les iles de Loos.
Sinjar Urban Profile 2020 UN-Habitat seeks to provide up to date, holistic documentation and analysis of the impact of the crisis in key cities, through City Profiles, synthesising information and insight from existing sources and priority sectors, supplemented by direct field research by UN-Habitat teams based in each city. This urban profile of Sinjar is part of a regional urban profiling exercise that aims to develop urban profiles for the cities of Basra, Sinjar, Derna (Libya), Mareb (Yemen) and Dara’a (Syria).
The Matrix of Functions to Strengthen Integrated Territorial Development in Maputo Metropolitan Area 2020 UN-Habitat developed the Spatial Development Framework (SDF) methodology with tools like the Matrix of Functions, to assist national, regional and local governments to make spatially informed strategic decisions to achieve policies, plans or strategies, based on the empirical understanding of the territorial dynamics. UN-Habitat implemented the MoF in Maputo Metropolitan Area to support an integrated territorial development for the area and prepared this report to present the results.
Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Zhoushan, China 2020 This publication of Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Zhoushan, China in examines the status of housing and urban infrastructure and how much investment is needed. The assessment particularly considered the status of housing finance instruments and costs, as well as the roles of local and national governments in facilitating investments. The report was also anchored on determining whether the identified investment needs address resilient housing and infrastructure and assessed challenges to financing such green urban solutions in Zhoushan, China.

It also examines the financial instruments and their impacts on the financial systems and identifies potential practical projects.
Housing Practice Series - Singapore 2020 The UN-Habitat Housing Practices Series is an ongoing publication developed and produced by UN-Habitat in partnership with academic institutions and National Governments. It provides reliable and independent documentation of innovative and large-scale affordable housing programmes in countries around the world.
Urban-LEDS II Newsletter #4 2020 During the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi in February 2020, representatives from Urban-LEDS cities, countries, the Adaptation Fund and the Coalition for Urban Transitions joined together to explore good practices in vertical and horizontal integration of climate change. Read the full story here.
Expert Group Meeting on Affordable Housing and Social Protection Systems for All to Address Homelessness (Nairobi, 22-24 May 2019): Proceedings 2020 This report collects and analyses the contribution of the experts who participated in the May 2019 Expert Group Meeting on “Affordable Housing and Social Protection Systems for All to Address Homelessness”. It investigates the complex causes of homelessness, the challenges homeless people face and the effects of homelessness on individuals and societies, and contains policy recommendations on effective housing and social protection policies.
Ta'iz City Profile 2020 Taiz city, located near the port city of Al Makha on the Red Sea, is the Capital of Ta’iz Governorate. It is the third most populated city in Yemen after Aden and Sana’a. This City Profile (CP) examines Ta’iz city, which includes the districts of Al Mudhaffar, Al Qahirah and Salah. The CP further analyzes and describes the situation in the city of Ta’iz across a variety of sectors.
Urban-LEDS-Country factsheet: Indonesia 2020 This factsheet outlines some of the ways that are already happening and recommends further improvements.