As an extension of the Buraidah City Profile, the demonstration project will apply the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) principles on sustainable neighbourhood planning, applicable to the Saudi context. One of the primary goals of the project is to demonstrate how to implement possible solutions for shifting urbanisation in Saudi to a sustainable development track, without adopting heterotopic models. Instead, it intends to develop locally rooted traditions and culture…

While more often than not, ‘housing’ is defined as a basic need which provides family access to shelter and basic amenities, also enabling the creation of demand for resources, physical infrastructure, labour, technology, finance, and land. Housing is a physical manifestation of social and cultural practices and forms an integral part of the assessment of the development and health of an economy. Thus housing refers not only to the physical structure of a house but its forward and backward…

The UN-Habitat guide to Addressing Urban and Human Settlement Issues in National Adaptation Plans was launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-24) in Katowice, Poland.

Practical tool for local governments and city-level actors to understand the connection between Climate Action, Resilience and Urban Development with accompanying indicators.

Practical tool for local governments and city-level actors to understand the connection between Gender, Resilience and Urban Development with accompanying indicators.

UN-Habitat has partnered with Cities Alliance, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Centre for Regional Developmet (UNCRD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Food Programme (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) among others in a participatory process for developing “Guiding…

El presente resumen tiene como componentes los temas más relevantes, las conclusiones y las recomendaciones que fueron expresadas por los ponentes y actores nacionales que participaron del Congreso Internacional de Movilidad Urbana, desarrollado en la ciudad de La Paz, del 01 al 04 de octubre de 2018.

 El Gobierno de Bolivia ha decidido formular una política pública para debatir, promover y establecer parámetros para el desarrollo de ciudades en el país.

Para tal efecto solicitó al Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos - ONU-Habitat, la instalación de un proyecto de asistencia técnica para brindar asesoramiento y orientación en esa labor, que está encargada al Viceministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo.

En ese marco y como primera gran…