UN-Habitat’s three-pronged approach considers spatial planning in relation to legal and institutional frameworks, in addition to financial mechanisms. The demonstration project for Al Ahsa has been elaborated to include schematic designs and feasibility studies, that can later be transformed into implementation plans. This Demo project is to inform Policy making of needed urban reforms.

This report summarizes the discussions from the 2019 Urban Resilience Hackathon organized by UN-Habitat, Kenya Red Cross Society, and the International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs, which targeted youth from informal settlements and ASAL areas to brainstorm for solutions to pressing issues in Mukuru informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN-Habitat’s three-pronged approach considers spatial planning in relation to legal and institutional frameworks, in addition to financial mechanisms. The demonstration project for Buraidah has been elaborated to include schematic designs and feasibility studies, that can later be transformed into implementation plans. This Demo project is to inform Policy making of needed urban reforms.

A city-wide public space strategy can deliver a well-distributed, accessible and inclusive public space system. City-Wide Public Space Strategies: a Compendium of Inspiring Practices offers summaries and assessments of 26 such strategies from cities around the world. It also proposes a set of typologies and a framework with which strategies can be evaluated. City leaders and design professionals can count on this tool to help develop and implement better public spaces.

In 2012, UN-Habitat launched its Global Public Space Programme, now active in more than 75 cities across the world, with the objective to promote public spaces as a keystone for sustainable cities in order to ensure good quality of life for all.

The Global Public Space Programme is a consolidated and integrated approach to public space improvement across UN-Habitat. Over the last seven years, we have developed an iterative approach to public space that includes a variety of…

The inventory and assessment of public spaces in Wuchang heritage district evaluates the quality of open public spaces and streets, and discusses the value and significance of heritage spaces in this district. It promotes the significant role of heritage places in shaping the community’s cultural identity and improving the quality of life. It aims to integrate a participatory approach through planning and design, where the quality of urban public space can be improved to preserve, conserve and p

中国武汉市江汉区城市公共空间评估是中国首个针对高密度、土地资源稀缺环境下的公共空间构建问题的专项研究。这项研究旨在强调公共空间如何应对江汉区的老龄化问题以及江汉区区域缩减的现状。本报告将公共空间的发展作为实现包容性城市化的空间载体。

The district-wide public space assessment in Jianghan district is the first public space inventory and assessment in the small but densely populated area, aimed to address the high rate of ageing population and shrinking in the district. The report promotes public space development as the spatial vehicle to deliver inclusive urbanization.

UN-Habitat’s Public Space Programme has been supporting the engagement of communities internationally in revitalizing their neighborhoods through public space designs, such as the creation of court yards, streets and shared facilities etc. Participants are taught in an engaging and creative way on how to visualize the potentials of public spaces within their neighborhoods. Not only can this provide for better management of public spaces within the Kalobeyei New Settlement or Kalobeyei Town, in…