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Technical Report
Land and Conflict: Lessons from The Field on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance and Peacebuilding
2018
This publication shows how addressing land issues can mitigate conflict, facilitate solutions to it, improve the likelihood that people can return to their homes after the violence is over, and contribute to peace overall.
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Streets for Walking & Cycling: Designing for safety, accessibility and Comfort in African Cities
2018
Walking and cycling are healthy and pollution-free forms of mobility that are fundamental to life. In African cities, many are dependent on these modes as their primary means of transport. Even for those who choose public transport or personal motor vehicles, walking often becomes the dominant mode for short trips during the day. The poor quality of infrastructure for active modes, however, sends a message that pedestrians and cyclists are not welcome in the urban environment.
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Technical Report
Land and Conflict: Lessons from the Field on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance and Peacebuilding
2018
Land is often a critical aspect of conflict: it may be a root cause or trigger conflicts, or may become an issue as the conflict progresses. Conflicts lead to forced evictions; the people who are displaced by conflict need somewhere to live, often leading to further disputes over the use of land and other resources. This publication shows how addressing land issues can mitigate conflict, facilitate solutions to it, and improve the likelihood that people can return to their homes after the...
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Urban Profile
Housing Profile Mozambique (Portuguese)
2018
The Mozambique Housing Profile’s strength is the consultation and inclusion of the perspectives of other provinces and municipalities than Maputo – where normally urban studies and researches are concentrated in Mozambique.
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Technical Report
Approximations to Urban Prosperity: The case of the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga
2018
Systematization of the institutional capacities, governance, and planning strengthening processes.
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Policy and Strategy
The Bicycle as a Means of Transportation - Strategy for Bucaramanga and its Metropolitan Area (in Spanish)
2018
The Strategy as a mean of transportation for Bucaramanga and its Metropolitan Area was born in 2015, and proposes a new paradigm of sustainable mobility, which seeks to requalify urban living under the guidelines of urban prosperity, improving the quality of life for all and "not leaving anyone behind", as proclaimed in the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.
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Technical Report
Promoting Synergy Between Cities and Airports for Sustainable Development
2018
This report is a product of a pilot joint study investigating the synergies between aviation and urbanisation in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Tool for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Cuba (in Spanish)
2018
The tool has a direct translation to the National Action Plan of Cuba, an official document developed in parallel by the Institute of Physical Planning.
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Technical Report
Alignment of Housing in Cuba with the New Urban Agenda (in Spanish)
2018
A document to support the proposal of an urban policy with housing in the center to guide sustainable and inclusive urbanization for the next twelve years.
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Document
HSP/EB.2024/4- Report of the midterm review of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2020–2025
Publicado el Abril 29th, 2024
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Statement and Speech
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024
Publicado el Abril 26th, 2024
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