The African Urban Agenda (AUA) is an initiative by
UN-Habitat tailored to establish and strengthen
partnerships between state and non-state actors
towards advancing a new urban agenda.
The project aims at raising the profile of urbanization
as an imperative for development in Africa.

This publication is a joint UN-HABITAT and UNDP effort to investigate access to basic urban services in the Adjacent Areas (AAs) of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon. AAs are informal Palestinian gatherings that are located along the boundaries of official Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. In terms of access to basic urban services, AAs represent "Grey Areas" since they are denied both public and UNRWA basic urban services, given that the latter are provided within the…

The Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum held in Nanjing, China from 3-6 November 2008 drew nearly 8,000 participants from 146 countries.

The paper explores the implications of globalization processes for urban Sub-Saharan Africa.