Lebanon’s refugee crisis has highlighted the need for much closer coordination among the various organisations and local authorities involved in the response.

Beirut River 2.0 addresses the deterioration of the Beirut river and connected infrastructure, resulting in a negative impact on the surrounding communities and environment. It aims at Bringing Beirut River Back to Life and improving the living conditions of the communities on each side of the river.

Lebanon hosts the highest number of Syrian refugees in the region. UNHCR estimates that over one million refugees currently reside in Lebanon, in addition to at least 50,000 Palestinian Refugees from Syria (PRS). Most of this influx has occurred in the past year. In January 2013 the refugee population was less than 150,000, but grew almost six-fold during 2013.
UNHCR and UNHabitat conducted an assessment of housing, land and property (HLP) issues related to the Syrian refugee crisis.4…

This report is produced in the context of the UNDP / UN-Habitat programme in Palestinian gatherings in Lebanon, implemented in partnership with the Lebanese – Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC). The Programme aims at enhancing access to basic urban services, mainly WASH, and improving shelter conditions in these areas which have been hosting refugees from Syria mainly since 2012.

It aims at profiling the 42 Palestinian gatherings in Lebanon, summarizing the main needs and…

Lebanon is a small country with a total population of 4,223,553 (World Bank, 2010). Recent figures show that 87% of this population currently live in urban areas with the majority - estimated at 64% - residing in large agglomerations mostly in the metropolitan areas of Beirut and Tripoli (UN-HABITAT, 2008).
The growth of cities in Lebanon has paralleled the urbanization process that is taking place globally. The conditions generated out of urbanization have a number of universal…

This publication is a joint UN-HABITAT and UNDP effort to investigate access to basic urban services in the Adjacent Areas (AAs) of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon. AAs are informal Palestinian gatherings that are located along the boundaries of official Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. In terms of access to basic urban services, AAs represent "Grey Areas" since they are denied both public and UNRWA basic urban services, given that the latter are provided within the…

This study falls within the UN-HABITAT goal to develop the capacities of municipalities in South Lebanon to undertake strategic development planning. UN-HABITAT has been operating in South Lebanon since 2007 in the aftermath of the July 2006 war on Lebanon in both recovery/reconstruction projects and capacity building for municipalities and unions of municipalities.

With an estimate of 87% of the total number of population living in urban areas (a rate higher than that of the Arab States), urbanization is considered one of the key issues facing Lebanon.

Published in 2008, UN-Habitat developed a reader-friendly booklet with the aim of promoting community-led housing reconstruction. The booklet provides basic technical and financial instructions that would allow affected families, after Lebanon 2006 war, to plan, in an adequate manner and to finish the reconstruction of their houses.