A practical document that allows the reader to follow "step by step" the process and the stages of urban projects.

Exploring alternative solutions is a requirement prior to evictions. This publication showcases examples where forced eviction have been avoided in countries such as Brazil, Haiti, Kenya and the Philippines.

Environmental reviews, often in the form of environmental impact or strategic environmental assessments, play a fundamental role in the process of urban development. They are institutionalized decision-making arrangements in domestic legislation to address the environmental impacts and risks associated with a project. Strengthened environmental and social reviews in urban development processes and their integration into broader decision making frameworks will support the implementation of the…

Ensuring that planning laws fulfill their functions as effectively as possible means that they are frequently under scrutiny as contexts and needs change. The Planning Law Assessment Framework, developed by the Urban Legislation Unit of UN-Habitat, is a quick self-assessment tool that aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an urban planning legal system. It looks at the laws, regulations and decrees that are applicable in a city, and enacted at different levels.

Al día de hoy, más de 530 ciudades han sido calculadas y analizadas en el nivel básico de CPI. El presente informe se enmarca en este esfuerzo global y presenta los resultados del cálculo del CPI en su versión básica para el municipio de Mérida.

This guide provides a framework for undertaking the feasibility phase of a National Urban Policy (NUP) and draws largely on UN-Habitat’s experience in engaging with countries that have requested support for developing and implementing a NUP.

The Dolow Urban Profile is part of a series of working paper summarizing major aspects of an urban analysis from the spatial prospective for elaborating on solutions for long term urban development and current displacement crisis in Somalia.

The Sustainable Cities Dialogue was co-organized by UN-Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) within the framework of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) and the Global Taskforce of local and regional governments. It took place in Strasbourg, France on May 24 and 25th 2018, in the European Parliament, at the invitation of Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg, Co-President of UCLG and Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat. It was…