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Annual Report 2023: Local action in a time of crises
In a world grappling with crises, cities emerge as pivotal agents of change. UN-Habitat’s 2023 report underscores the urgent need for urban transformation to tackle issues ranging from climate change to inequality,… Read more
Global Report
Rescuing SDG 11 for a resilient urban planet
The current report shows that the world is off track in achieving SDG 11. Rescuing SDG 11 is urgent for the sake of present and future generations. The report points to the immense opportunities that exist and the… Read more
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Technical Report
Economic Role of Cities
2012
This report examines the economic role of cities.
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Technical Report
Fiscal Decentralisation in Philippines
2012
This report examines the fiscal decentralisation experience in Philippines. Since 1991, the central government has devolved significant spending, taxing, and borrowing powers to local governments.
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Technical Report
Community Land Trusts: Affordable Access to Land and Housing
2012
The Community Land Trust (CLT) is an increasingly important strategy for addressing affordability of land and housing for low- to moderate-income residents of communities throughout the United States.
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Technical Report
Clustering for Competitiveness: Urban Patterns for a Green Economy
2012
Part of a series of four entitled Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, this guide argues that strategic investment in physical infrastructure with the diversification of economies allows cities to play a specialised role in polycentric urban development.
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Technical Report
Urban Patterns for a Green Economy: Working with Nature
2012
Part of a series of four entitled Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, this guide (Working with Nature) focuses on the effect of unplanned, rapid growth of cities on the functioning of a city-region's natural systems.
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Technical Report
Leveraging Density: Urban Patterns for a Green Economy
2012
Part of a series of four entitled Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, this guide explores the compact city and its benefits within the developed and developing world's contexts.
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Technical Report
Optimizing Infrastructure: Urban Patterns for a Green Economy
2012
Part of a series of four entitled Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, this guide proposes that cities can act as agents for change that allow their large populations to live less wastefully.
It considers how infrastructure systems can be viewed as an opportunity to shift cities onto a more sustainable path by paying close attention to the resources that pass through them, and the manner in which they support the activities of the city. Each city context differs, based on stage of…
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It considers how infrastructure systems can be viewed as an opportunity to shift cities onto a more sustainable path by paying close attention to the resources that pass through them, and the manner in which they support the activities of the city. Each city context differs, based on stage of…
Technical Report
Fiscal Decentralisation in Japan
2012
Japanese fiscal system places a high premium on tax and expenditure harmonization and on the control by higher level governments.
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Technical Report
Impact of Climate Change on Urban Residents in Colombia
2012
This is about the impact of climate change on urban residents in Colombia
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HSP/EB.2024/4- Report of the midterm review of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2020–2025
Posted on April 17th, 2024
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