Lebanon is a small country with a total population of 4,223,553 (World Bank, 2010). Recent figures show that 87% of this population currently live in urban areas with the majority - estimated at 64% - residing in large agglomerations mostly in the metropolitan areas of Beirut and Tripoli (UN-HABITAT, 2008).
The growth of cities in Lebanon has paralleled the urbanization process that is taking place globally. The conditions generated out of urbanization have a number of universal...

A tool to help governments understand the importance of rental housing policy as part of national housing policy and a guide to developing policy.

A practical guide to conducting comprehensive national housing profiles with a direct objective of understanding the housing sector, while offering evidence-based data to inform policy reform.

An external evaluation of UN-Habitat Trust Fund. A request by the Governments of Norway, Spain and the Netherlands, in collaboration with UN-Habitat

An external evaluation of the UN-Habitat Trust Fund. A request by the Governments of Norway, Spain, and the Netherlands, in collaboration with UN-Habitat

UN-HABITAT is implementing the Mekong Region Water and Sanitation (MEK-WATSAN) Initiative in collaboration with the Governments of the Mekong Region. The initiative focuses on improving access to water and sanitation in the fast growing towns located in or close to the economic corridors of the Greater Mekong sub-region.

The urban population in The Gambia stood at 53 percent of the total ppulation in 2003.

The urban profiling in Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels.

The Banjul Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.