| Design guidelines for safe and inclusive public space in Palestine | 2025 | The Design Guidelines for Safe and Inclusive Public Spaces in Palestine is a strategic and technical reference developed by UN-Habitat in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government under the HAYA Joint Programme funded by the Government of Canada. This document provides a comprehensive framework for Local Government Units (LGUs) to plan and design public spaces that are safe, inclusive, and accessible for all, particularly women, girls, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities. |
| Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the Pinheiro Principles in the Middle East and North Africa | 2025 | This handbook is designed to provide practical guidance to national and international actors, institutions, and organizations working to protect the housing, land, and property rights of refugees and displaced persons. It contributes to achieving sustainable solutions by applying the Pinheiro Principles to displacement situations across the Middle East and North Africa region. |
| Territorial Governance and Food Markets for Sustainable Food Systems | 2025 | This White Paper is a collaboration of UN-Habitat’s Urban-Rural Linkages Program with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) as background for discussions at the upcoming UN Food System Summit Stocktaking (UNFSS+4). The paper draws upon recent working papers, expert group meetings including the GAIN-FAO-Rikolto Local and Traditional Food Markets Global Technical Meeting (June 2024), programmatic delivery, and reports from organizations referenced in this paper. Noting the contributions received from the World Farmers Markets Coalition, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, EcoAgriculture Partners, HealthBridge and the Resilient Local Food Supply Chains Alliance. |
| Urban Resilience Action Plan for Sahab, Jordan: Planning for Climate, Urban, and Biodiversity Action | 2025 | |
| Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2025: AI and Cities | 2025 | Para 2050, unos 2300 millones de personas residirán en ciudades, una cifra equivalente a toda la población mundial de 1950. Esta rápida expansión ejerce una presión inimaginable sobre la vivienda, el transporte y la energía, debido en gran medida a las ineficiencias sistémicas de la urbanización tradicional. En su esencia, el informe Perspectivas Asesoras de las Ciudades Futuras 2025: IA y Ciudades aborda una pregunta singular y ambiciosa: ¿puede el 10 % de los recursos actuales de una ciudad apoyar su desarrollo sostenible y de alta calidad? Al cambiar del enfoque del consumo de recursos a la optimización inteligente, este informe sostiene que la eficiencia radical es el único camino viable hacia el futuro. |
| Urban Regeneration for Climate Resilience | 2025 | How can urban regeneration drive climate resilience? This UN-Habitat paper sets out a practical, inclusive approach—linking planning, nature-based solutions and equitable development—to help cities reduce risk, adapt and thrive. Illustrated with cases from Haiti, Nepal, Mozambique and Mexico. |
| People Friendly Streets in Afghanistan | 2025 | This Urban Street Design Manual offers context-sensitive guidance for creating safer, more inclusive, and people-friendly streets in Afghan cities. It outlines key street elements, design principles, and practical solutions to support sustainable mobility, improve accessibility, and enhance the urban environment for all users. |
| Multilayered Vulnerability Profile for Cobija, Bolivia | 2025 | |
| Berdaale Strategic Urban Plan for Durable Solutions to Displacement | 2025 | The displacement crisis in Somalia is a longstanding problem exacerbated by natural disasters, floods, droughts, and continued conflicts throughout many parts of the country. The persistent influx of displaced persons continues to impose challenges on urban areas while hindering social, economic, and environmental development. The issues extend beyond just humanitarian concerns. Cities and towns in Somalia must quickly absorb large numbers of newcomers, putting pressure on the existing resources and often leading to the creation of informal settlements that only perpetuate displacement and inequality by leaving IDPs in crowded and precarious conditions. The Berdaale Strategic Urban Plan for Durable Solutions to Displacement was elaborated through a partnership between UN-Habitat and the Danwadaag Consortium, led by IOM. It aims to support cities and local authorities in enabling durable solutions for displaced-affected communities (DACs) and trigger long-term city development through inclusive, displacement-sensitive, and sustainable urban planning processes. The report is a first step toward challenging the status quo in Somalia by shifting from humanitarian and emergency interventions to more permanent responses to displacement in terms of land tenure, housing provision, livelihood opportunities, infrastructure delivery, and basic services accessibility. Furthermore, it provides a clear roadmap and framework to facilitate decision-making regarding potential urban development actions and attract capital investments to implement specific interventions. |
| Korea National Urban Policy Programme at the World Urban Forum 12 | 2025 | This report summarizes a pivotal knowledge-sharing event, focused on Korea National Urban Policy Programme and its impact on people-centered smart cities, held in Cairo, Egypt, during the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12). This event was a key activity within the Korea National Urban Policy Programme (K-NUPP), highlighting the crucial intersection of people-centered smart cities and their effective integration into National Urban Policies (NUPs). This focus aligns perfectly with the broader goals of the Korea National Urban Policy Programme in fostering sustainable urban development. |