This report is produced in the context of the UNDP / UN-Habitat programme in Palestinian gatherings in Lebanon, implemented in partnership with the Lebanese – Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC). The Programme aims at enhancing access to basic urban services, mainly WASH, and improving shelter conditions in these areas which have been hosting refugees from Syria mainly since 2012.

It aims at profiling the 42 Palestinian gatherings in Lebanon, summarizing the main needs and...

Developed with the collaboration of 14 UN agencies, this guide aims to support UN Country Teams (UNCTs) across the Asia-Pacific in the design and delivery of urban programmes that are effective, integrated and multi-sectoral.

The study provides the background and objectives of the Athens workshop, then provides separate in-depth background and analysis of the informal development solutions being adopted in Albania and Greece.

This publication was released to mark the theme of World Habitat Day 2004 - Cities: engines of rural development - and in support of the UN-HABITAT conference on Urban-Rural Linkages Approach to Development, 1-4 October 2004.

This publication aims at beginning to fill the vacuum in rural shelter policy.

Based on the report submitted to the fifth session of the Commission on Human Settlements in 1982.