This report has been prepared to evaluate the experiences and lessons learned from the first round of Habitat Country Programme Documents, so as to establish an informed and substantive base for the agency when cons

This report presents the evaluation results of the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF5) which took place in 22 – 26 March in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The evaluation was conducted by the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (M&E Unit) of UN-Habitat.

This professional peer review provides an independent assessment of the functioning and quality of the evaluation function of UN-Habitat against the norms and standards of the United Nations Evaluation Group for conducting evaluations in the UN system. 

UN-Habitat has carried out, through affordable geographic information systems, an estimation of the public space allocated to the street in different cities of the world to focus attention to the need for better spatial planning that gives due attention to streets and public spaces.