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Annual Report
Annual Report 2024
UN-Habitat’s 2024 Annual Report, Adequate Housing for All, highlights global efforts to address the housing crisis and advance sustainable urbanization. The report showcases progress in reducing inequality, promoting… Read more
World Cities Report 2024
Flagship Report
World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action
Cities are both the victims of climate change and among its worst offenders: though disproportionately exposed to its impacts, they are also responsible for generating a significant share of global greenhouse gas… Read more

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Regional Report
Crisis Resilient Urban Futures - The Future of Asian & Pacific Cities 2023
Global Report
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and healthy future
Regional Report
Regional Assessment on Urban Vulnerability and Resilience in Southern African Development Community Member States
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk – A Guide for Community Assessments, Action Planning and Implementation
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Supporting Safer Housing Reconstruction After Disasters - Planning and Implementing Technical Assistance at Large Scale
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Settlement Profiling Tool
Cover of the Assessment report of the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change in vulnerable urban communities in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia
Technical Report
Assessment report of the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change in vulnerable urban communities in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia
2025
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Cover the publication Green-Resilient-Pro-poor-Pandemic-Recovery_Global
Technical Report
Learning from the pandemic recovery for a more green and resilient future for all. Cities and human settlements of Small Island Developing States
2025
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WUF12 Perspectives. Voices on localization for sustainable urban development
Global Report
WUF12 Perspectives. Voices on localization for sustainable urban development
2025
WUF12 Perspectives is a new UN-Habitat analysis capturing the views of participants from the World Urban Forum 12 held in Cairo in 2024, focused on localization. It highlights three dimensions—implementation, representation, and translation—and identifies nine key elements to guide stakeholders in embedding localization into sustainable urban development and advancing global SDG localization efforts.
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Annual Report 2024 cover
Annual Report
Annual Report 2024
2025
UN-Habitat’s 2024 Annual Report, Adequate Housing for All, highlights global efforts to address the housing crisis and advance sustainable urbanization. The report showcases progress in reducing inequality, promoting prosperity, acting for climate change and building resilience. Through case studies and impact data, it details efforts in addressing adequate housing worldwide.
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A Brief Guide to Women's Land Rights in Afghanistan
Brief
A Brief Guide to Women's Land Rights in Afghanistan
2024
This brief provides information on legal mechanisms to protect the Housing, Land and Property (HLP) rights of women in Afghanistan. The guidance note is not a legal document, but provides information and analysis from the Housing, Land and Property Task Force (HLPTF). The HLPTF is a sub-cluster of the Protection Cluster, and part of Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Country Team. The content of this brief is extracted from UN-Habitat’s (forthcoming) Housing, Land and Property Rights Guide.
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Exploration and Practice of Urban Regeneration in Wuhan
Country Report
Exploration and Practice of Urban Regeneration in Wuhan
2024
Urban regeneration is a crucial process for cities, involving the redevelopment, transformation, and reutilization of urban land and assets through collaboration with multiple stakeholders. In China, urban development is shifting from rapid urbanization to sustainable regeneration. Wuhan, a major city, has been exploring this transition. Reports by the UN Human Settlements Programme and Wuhan Planning Institute offer insights into Wuhan’s successful regeneration models and concepts.
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World Smart Cities Outlook 2024
Technical Report
World Smart Cities Outlook 2024
2024
The report provides groundbreaking insights into the current state of smart city developments globally. By analyzing trends, challenges and opportunities, it offers a robust evidence base to foster inclusive, sustainable and people-centred smart cities. With recommendations for policymakers and other actors, it serves as a global reference for advancing digital transformation and innovation in urban areas while addressing regional disparities and digital divides.
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Multilayered Vulnerability Assessment Handbook - Resilience planning for urban, biodiversity and climate action
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Multilayered Vulnerability Assessment Handbook - Resilience planning for urban, biodiversity and climate action
2024
The Multilayered Vulnerability Assessment (MVA) tool, developed under UN-Habitat's RISE-UP flaghip programme, helps communities and cities assess vulnerabilities by mapping and assessing the intersection of climate risks, urbanization trends, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. It identifies and appraises vulnerability hotspots from spatial overlaps and areas of concentrated vulnerability which helps to better inform planning, resource mobilization and investment for systemic urban…
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POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS of Urban Resilience to Climate Change & Inclusion of Vulnerable Communities in the city-regions of Afgoye, Burco and Jowhar in Somalia
Urban Profile
POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS of Urban Resilience to Climate Change & Inclusion of Vulnerable Communities in the city-regions of Afgoye, Burco and Jowhar in Somalia
2024
This publication presents findings from a European Union and UN-Habitat commissioned Political Economy Analysis (PEA) on factors that influence policy, government institutions, and local communities in the context of displacement and rapid urbanisation in Burco, Jowhar, and Afgoye.
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Document
Financing Our Urban Future: Scaling Up Investment In and Through Cities
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Roadmap of meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat 2025 (version 27 June 2025)
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Others
Sub-National Urban Policy: A Guide-French
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Monitoring and Evaluating National Urban Policy: A Guide-French
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National Urban Policy - Feasibility Guide-French
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Addressing Climate change in National Urban Policy-French
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How to Formulate a National Urban Policy – A practical Guide - French
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Road Safety Design Guidelines for Afghan Cities
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Provisional list of participants for OECPR-3 and UNHA2.2
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