This booklet and the planning process described is a starting point for guiding further long-term development initiatives like the Mogadishu Spatial Strategic Plan Plan and to apply tools for land management and balanced area development.

This report outlines the results of the research and capacity development activity undertaken by UN-Habitat and Politecnico di Milano's Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, MS Lab, in the West Nile Region, Uganda. The main findings are synthesized with the aim of providing a set of recommendations to support strategic frameworks at regional, city and neighborhood scales to promote synergic development.

The Financial Sustainability Strategy for Kalobeyei Settlement aims to support the implementation of the “Kalobeyei Settlement Advisory Development Plan” developed by UN-Habitat, which provides a long-term and integrative approach to guide appropriate development for the Kalobeyei Settlement in Turkana, Kenya.

This report documents the key outcomes of discussions held during the second National Urban Forum (NUF) for Liberia in Monrovia on 26th November 2019.

The Sustainable Cities and Communities Consultation demonstrates an innovative way to engage citizens, create awareness of sustainable city policies and the Agenda 2030, in addition to facilitating monitoring and gathering of data to support a dialogue with local governments. The report presents the results of the first phase of implementation of the consultation in Brazil.

Land has always been central to the outbreak and escalation of conflicts between the different livelihoods groups in Darfur. In the partnerships with the Government of Qatar, UN-Habitat implemented the project in 51 villages in five Darfur States to secure the land tenure for the returned IDPs.

Blue Nile State is one of the states affected by long conflict in Sudan. It suffers from all the classical symptoms related to people’s displacement and rapid urbanization, such as high rate of unemployment among youth, and high prevalence of insecurity. Since 2015, UN-Habitat has improved a decent living environment in Blue Nile State in partnership with the Government of Norway. So far, over 290,000 vulnerable population including IDPs, war-affected children and women groups were supported.

Urban Chances, City Growth and The Sustainability Challenge: Chance2Sustain is a research programme that examined how governments and citizens in cities with differing patterns of urban economic growth make use of participatory (or integrated) spatial knowledge management to direct urban governance towards more sustainable development. Participatory spatial knowledge management is the main concept used to study this issue, as it reflects a strategic resource, which all stakeholders can…

The main objective of the CGC was to improve state-society relations, urban stabilisation and job creation, where urban citizens see municipalities delivering basic neighbourhood services, thus leading to increased hope and government legitimacy.