This report was prepared as an output of Habitat 1998/99 Work Programme, the objectives of which include the formulation of shelter policies focusing on the needs of vulnerable groups and assisting government and partners in civil society in adopting strategies for the progressive realization of the human right to adequate housing

The publication, the first volume in the SCP Source Book Series, gives a step by step explanation of how to prepare a very special Environmental Profile which is used in the SCP.

This bibliography is intended to complement the UNCHS (Habitat) publication on co-operative housing: experiences of mutual self-help which was published in 1990 and contains four case studies and an analytical overview.

SCP Process Activities: A snapshot of what are they and how they are implemented.

This manual is designed as a practical guidebook for using evaluation techniques to determine the extent to which training has improved the performance of individuals, organizations and human settlements.

The second volume of the SCP Source Book series describes the SCP City Consultation, explaining its role and purpose in the SCP process, and how it is prepared and conducted.

This publication tries to explain how key stakeholders are identified and sensitised. It further tries explaining that key stakeholders are those who seriously affected by the issue, those whose capital, expertise and information is crucial to resolving the issue, and those who possess relevant policy and implementation instruments.

The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) promotes a city management methodology (process) which shifts fundamentally from the traditional technology driven and resource focused development models.