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Flagship Report
World Cities Report 2026: The Global Housing Crisis: Pathways to Action
The current global housing crisis is the outcome of decades of insufficient investment, rapid urbanization, economic instability, and displacement caused by conflict and disasters. Recent global estimates indicate that… Read more
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Annual Report
Annual Report 2025
The 2025 Annual Report presents how UN-Habitat advanced housing-led sustainable urban development as a foundation for more inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities. Framed around the principle that the future of… Read more
Review on SDG11 Synthesis Report for the 2018 HLPF - Tracking Progress Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements - Cover image
Technical Report
Review on SDG11 Synthesis Report for the 2018 HLPF - Tracking Progress Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
2018
The Andalusian Agency for Cooperation (AACID), UN-Habitat in Spain
Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Review on SDG11 Synthesis Report for the 2018 HLPF - Tracking Progress Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements” held in Nairobi, Kenya, 28th - 30th May 2018.
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Activities Report
Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the possibilities and limits of densification
2017
The Andalusian Agency for Cooperation (AACID), UN-Habitat Spain (Urban Planning and Design Branch)
Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the possibilities and limits of densification¨ held in Seville, Spain, 13rd-14th March 2017
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The Role of Intermediate Cities in Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages towards the New Urban Agenda - Cover image
Publication
The Role of Intermediate Cities in Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages towards the New Urban Agenda
2015
The Andalusian Agency for Cooperation (AACID), UN-Habitat in Spain, UN-Habitat Spain (Urban Planning and Design Branch)
Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting "The Role of Intermediate Cities in Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages towards the New Urban Agenda” held in Montería, Colombia, 27-28 October 2015.
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2026 Programme
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English
Technical Report
​​Comparative Global Case Studies on Climate Change Law and Urban Resilience​
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Document
Notification by the Executive Director (Advance)
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Urban Profile
​​Progress Towards Durable Solutions for IDPs in Greater Pemba - Opportunities & Challenges in Pemba, Metuge and ​Mecufi​
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Brief
​​How the ‘Buffer Zone’ in Gaza Undermines Housing, Land and Property Rights and Palestinians’ Right of Return
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Document
Draft provisional agenda 79th PBA ad hoc working group 23 September 2026
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Document
Guidance note on the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat
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Document
United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) – Services to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
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Document
Introduction of Regional Programmes Division
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