Turkana Houses 2020 Between 2017 to 2019, UN-Habitat and Shigeru Ban developed shelter typologies in Kalobeyei New Settlement, Kenya. The first part of the book is a journal by Philippe Monteil, Shigeru Ban’s partner - it describes successes and failures with building pilot houses, and the influence of the context in the process. The second part is a detailed Manual which explains in a sequence of steps, how to build the final housing prototype.
Quick Guide to Bus Sector Modernisation 2020 This guide is intended for governments that want to take more responsibility over the public transport services being operated in their cities: in particular, cities where the bus systems are currently informal and unregulated. The pillars of public transport regulation and business planning in this guide are based on the authors’ experience with bus and BRT systems across both the developed and developing world.
Future Cities, New Economy, and Shared City Prosperity Driven by Technological Innovations 2020 《科技创新驱动未来城市：新经济与共享城市繁荣》是由联合国人居署出版，在2020年2月于第十届世界城市论坛（WUF10）首发，于2020年10月再版并翻译为中文的特别刊物。此刊物立足于当代城市环境下的新兴科技创新及其所带来的机遇与挑战。
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan 2020 UN-Habitat is responding to a growing volume of requests from both national and local governments to help them prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on more than 40 years of urban experience, much of it in humanitarian situations, we are focusing on the city-level response to the crisis.
Instituciones Metropolitanas 2020 Bases para la estructuración y gestión de la autoridad metropolitana
¿SON LAS INSTITUCIONES METROPOLITANAS UN MOTOR PARA EL DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL SOSTENIBLE?
ONU-Habitat a través de su iniciativa MetroHUB, presenta este documento sobre Instituciones Metropolitanas, con el propósito de ofrecer una guía para la estructuración e implementación de instituciones de escala supramunicipal, responsables de gestionar los asuntos metropolitanos del territorio o de gestionar un asunto sectorial con impacto metropolitano. Destaca la importancia de las instituciones metropolitanas en la efectividad de la gestión y competitividad territorial, orienta sobre su tipología, características, objetivos, funciones, estructura, metodología de gestión metropolitana y recomendaciones para su implementación.
Nairobi City County: Public Space Inventory and Assessment 2020 Nairobi’s Public Open Space ecosystem is a complex tapestry of natural and environmental contrasts. It includes diverse typologies such as urban forests, cemeteries, parks and gardens, squares and courtyards among others. Overall, there are 826 public open spaces in the city county, covering a combined area of 3106.4Ha. This is equiva¬lent to 5.32 percent of the built-up area and translates to 6.56 square metres per capita public open space.
Aden City Profile 2020 Aden is the largest city of southern Yemen. It is also the administrative centre of the Aden governorate. At the time of writing, Aden was the internationally recognized capital of Yemen and recent developments regarding efforts to separate Aden as an independent city in Yemen have not been incorporated in the analysis. This profile describes and analyses the situation in the city of Aden across a variety of sectors.
Waste Wise Cities Newsletter 8 2020 The Waste Wise Cities Newsletter is published bi-monthly and provides articles on different waste related topics, e.g. the Sustainable Development Goals, Tools and certain waste management technologies, introduces Waste Wise Cities Affiliates, gives updates about activities and highlights upcoming and past events. At the moment the newsletter is available in English, French and Spanish.
Issue Brief: COVID-19 through the Lens of Urban Rural Linkages-Guiding Principles and Framework for Action (URL-GP) 2020 The issue brief on “Integrated Territorial approaches to the COVID-19” is part of the ongoing response initiatives by UN-Habitat in the light of Covid-19 pandemic. It provides a framework to enhance flows of people, goods, information and services while integrating interventions such as social protection and health services provision to slow infection rates.
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 2020 The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 brings together the latest data to show us that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, progress remained uneven and we were not on track to meet the Goals by 2030. Some gains were visible: the share of children and youth out of school had fallen; the incidence of many communicable diseases was in decline; access to safely managed drinking water had improved; and women’s representation in leadership roles was increasing. At the same time, the number of people suffering from food insecurity was on the rise, the natural environment continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate, and dramatic levels of inequality persisted in all regions. Change was still not happening at the speed or scale required.