The Territorial Strategy of Zapopan 2030 (ETZ2030 in Spanish), issued in 2015, is the output of the technical assistance provided by UNHabitat’s office for Mexico and Cuba to the municipal government of Zapopan, Mexico. ETZ’s diagnostics identified three main challenges in the municipality: i) the pressure of urban expansion on areas of high environmental value; ii) the fragmentation of urban areas with the proliferation of closed neighborhoods; and, iii) rising economic and social inequality.…

The geographic, cultural, social, demographic and economic advantages of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have made KSA a key international player and economic world power. Historically, oil and gas have been the country’s primary exports, but KSA has begun investing in other strategic sectors of the economy. This push towards economic diversification is supported by Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which was adopted as a development roadmap for in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In its aim is to…

This report shows with compelling evidence the current state of Saudi cities. It presents the key challenges that urban areas in Saudi Arabia contend with, as well as the opportunities they have in contributing to national and sustainable Foreword development. Saudi cities need to be more economically diversified and productive; it is also important to strengthen the institutional and legislative frameworks of Saudi cities as a basis of implementing a reinvigorated notion urban planning that…

The Blue Economy is an emerging concept which encourages better stewardship of our ocean and other blue resources. It provides for an inclusive model in which coastal zones, or those with significant waterbodies – which sometimes lack the capacity to manage their rich water resources – can begin to extend the benefit of those resources to all.

This photo book showcases the project implementation of Shae Thot – the way forward – supported by USAID concentrates on increasing people’s access to adequate and safe water and improved hygiene through not only infrastructural improvements but also transfer of knowledge and development of skills of the people by means of hands-on training. During the six-year program, the project had benefited communities of 790 target villages across 12 townships in Dry Zone and poor-urban settlements of…

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…

This research aims at informing development initiatives that responds to capacity gaps and requirements of stakeholder sectors in Myanmar in relation to mitigation and management of risks relevant to climate variability and change. The research concentrates on Dagon Seikan Hpa-An, Keng Tung, Kyauk Phyu, Labutta, Mawlamyine, and Meiktila; and select communities therein.

This handbook is intended to guide national and local government officials on how to build resilience to climate change and hazards at the local level. Section 2 of the book introduces key issues related to climate change in Myanmar. Section 3 provides a methodological guidance on how to develop local climate resilience action plans. The annex part contains a long list of climate change adaptation (CCA) options applicable at a local level in Myanmar.

This manual is intended to serve as a guide for national and local government officials on how to assess vulnerability of townships of Myanmar to climate change and hazards. The assessment framework presented herein captures a wide array of issues related to climate change and its impacts on townships and communities. Those are grouped into environmental, socio-economic and infrastructure components.