Shenzhen has transformed itself from a small fishing village into a global economic powerhouse in just over 40 years. It has experienced rapid economic, social and environmental transformation and is described as being innovative, inclusive, young and high-tech. In the book entitled The Story of Shenzhen, UN-Habitat documents the experience of Shenzhen and shares lessons it has learned during the past 40 years.

Results of a national public consultation undertook by UN-Habitat in partnership with Colab to collect the perception of Brazilian city dwellers to stablish a diagnosis of the achievement of SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities). The results are aimed at supporting municipal authorities by orientating public policies to address the challenges of urbanisation.

The UN-Habitat Country Programme Document (HCPD) is the strategic framework document through which the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People (SHSPPP) (UN-Habitat Palestine) work with the Government of Palestine (GoP)1, represented by Ministry of Local Government (MoLG), and other stakeholders as elaborated in the MoU between GoP/MoLGand UN-Habitat (2017-2020) in understanding, analysing, designing, and implementing fit-for-purpose interventions in the fields of…

As an extension of the Buraidah City Profile, the demonstration project will apply the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) principles on sustainable neighbourhood planning, applicable to the Saudi context. One of the primary goals of the project is to demonstrate how to implement possible solutions for shifting urbanisation in Saudi to a sustainable development track, without adopting heterotopic models. Instead, it intends to develop locally rooted traditions and culture…

This publication is the strategic framework document through which the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People work with the Government of Palestine and other stakeholders and it focuses on analyzing, designing, and implementing fit-for-purpose interventions in the fields of sustainable urbanization, spatial planning, local governance, and urban management.

The Local Area Development Programme (LADP), funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by UNDP in partnership with UN-Habitat, in close coordination with the Ministries of Planning (MOP) of the Federal and Kurdistan Region governments and Governorate-level authorities, was designed to address the main issues that hinder planning at the local level, the implementation of plans and related delivery of service to citizens of Iraq.

The purpose of Rapid Urban Diagnostic Report Myanmar is to give a brief and concise snapshot of the fundamental conditions of the urban sector in Myanmar as observed at the end of 2015.

The HABITAT-MINOTH Country Program Document for Sustainable Urban Development of Angola (HCPD) aims to create a strategic framework for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Angola during the 2018-2022 cycle.
The HCPD reflects the seven programmatic areas of intervention that resulted from PNOTU and its recommendations in order to give coherence to the Agency’s work in the country. The National Urban Policy (PNOTU), and the National Housing Policy (PNH) are the two fundamental…