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GENDER-EQUALITY-ACTION-PLAN-20
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Number of pages
34
Publication date
2014
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UN-Habitat

GEAP - Gender Equality Action Plan (2014-2019)

What is the Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP)? The Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) is the means to realize the The UN-Habitat Policy and Plan for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Urban and Human Settlements (2014-19). The GEAP has been developed through a consultative process inclusive of UN-Habitat Gender Equality Unit (GEU), UN-Habitat Gender Focal Points (GFPs), and the Advisory Group on Gender Issues (AGGI). It was finally presented at the annual AGGI meeting held during the World Urban Forum (WUF-7) for review and feedback.

The GEAP is guided by the findings and recommendations of the Evaluation of Gender mainstreaming at UN-Habitat (2011) and Gender Mainstreaming Audit and GEAP 2008-2013 review (2012).

UN Report Calls for Wastewater Focus in Post-2015 Agenda

Nairobi, 2 February 2015 - Only 20 per cent of global wastewater is currently being treated, leaving low-income countries hardest hit by contaminated water supplies and disease, according to a UN report which encourages governments to see treated wastewater as a valuable resource, and a priority for the post-2015 development agenda.

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Urban planning important for development and inequality reduction, Dr. Clos tells MINURVI

Mexico City, 21 August 2014--"Urban planning is an important source of development and a tool for reducing inequality," UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos has stressed.

 In an address at the opening of the twenty-third assembly of the General Assembly of Ministers of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (known by its Spanish acronym MINURVI) in Mexico City on Wednesday, Dr. Clos said urban planning brings access to a dignified life adding that it was an engine for development as well as an incentive for development.

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Gender Responsive Urban Planni
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Number of pages
72
Publication date
2013
Publisher
UN-HABITAT

Gender Responsive Urban Planning and Design

While many cities are hubs of economic growth, employment, and cultural life, urbanization has resulted in pronounced socioeconomic inequalities, exclusion, and segregation. The objective of this gender issue guide on urban planning and design is to:

  • Increase understanding of gender concerns and needs in urban planning and design;
  • Develop capacity to address gender issues in select human settlement areas 
  • Encourage integration of gender perspectives into policies, projects, and programmes for sustainable urban development 
  • Support institutionalization of the culture of gender mainstreaming and gender equality through the implementation of gender-sensitive projects/programmes and the monitoring of gender mainstreaming progress

 

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Twenty Years of Transition The
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166
Publication date
2009
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UN-Habitat

Twenty Years of Transition: The Evolution of Urban Planning in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 1989-2009

This paper reviews the dramatic transformations which have taken place in the cities of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the collapse of communist regimes in the region twenty years ago.

The paper further analyzes how urban planning 'the indispensable public function which aims to guide and manage urban change' evolved in response to the new urban challenges.

 

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Planning Manual for Somaliland
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Number of pages
69
Publication date
2010
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UN-HABITAT

Urban Planning Manual for Somaliland

This planning manual, which is targeted at planners and technicians in Somaliland (north-west Somalia) explains basic urban planning and details six crucial steps in the urban planning cycle.

The Urban Planning Manual for Somaliland defines what plans are and details the basic procedural steps for making a plan. The annexes provide basic data collection formats and mapping tips for undertaking a study. They also elaborate on the participatory process and the techniques to be used.

 

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Strategic Urban Plan for Wadi
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72
Publication date
2012
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UN-HABITAT

Strategic Urban Plan for Wadi Al-Natron City , Development Perspective, Arabic Version

إن الهيئة العامة للتخطيط العمراني هي جهاز الدولة المسئول عن وضع المخططات الإستراتيجية العامة لكافة المدن في مصر. واعتباراً من عام 2006 تبنت الهيئة منهج استراتيجي لامركزي قائم على تدعيم المشاركة بهدف تحديد الاحتياجات الحقيقية والتصدي للتحديات التي تواجه المجتمعات العمرانية الحالية. وبالتعاون مع برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية (موئل الأمم المتحدة) يجري حاليا إعداد المخططات الاستراتيجية العامة لـ 50 مدينة صغيرة (عدد سكان المدينة الصغيرة أقل من 60 ألف نسمة) باستخدام منهجية "التحليل السريع للقطاع العمراني من أجل الاستدامة" ، والذي يعتبر وسيلة فعالة تعطي الأولوية لتحقيق الرؤى اللامركزية. ويقوم هذا المنظور التنموي للمدينة بتلخيص وتوثيق عملية إعداد المخططات الاستراتيجية العامة لأحد المدن التي استهدفها المشروع، كما يعطي المنظور التنموي لمحة عن كيفية تشكيل المدن حاليا، وتصورها في المستقبل القريب، والإجراءات المطلوبة لتحقيق هذه الرؤى والاستراتيجيات على أرض الواقع. ويشمل هذا التقرير خلفيه عامه عن القطاع الحضري في مدينة وادي النطرون استنادا الي نتائج لمسوحات الحقلية والمقابلات التي عقدت في المدينة في يوليو 2007 حتى فبراير 2008. كما تتضمن بيانات عن والمأوى والعشوائيات ، الاقتصاد المحلى ، والفقر الحضري والخدمات الحضرية الأساسية. The General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP) is the competent administrative authority mandated to prepare the strategic urban plans for all cities in Egypt. Since 2006, GOPP has adopted a strategic participatory and decentralized approach in order to capture the real needs and address challenges that face the current urban communities.

In cooperation with UN-HABITAT, strategic urban plans for 50 small cities (with population less than 60,000) are being prepared using the UN-HABITAT's Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability methodology as an efficient method that prioritizes decentralized visions. The City Development Perspective documents, in brief, the process of developing the strategic urban plans for one of the cities targeted through the project. It provides readers with a glance on how cities currently look like, how they are envisioned in the near future and the actions needed to achieve these visions.

This Development Perspective includes a general background on the urban sector situation in Wadi Al-Natron City based on the field surveys and interviews conducted in the City from July 2007 until February 2008. It also includes substantive data and information on shelter, slums, local economy, urban poverty, social services, vulnerability, environmental conditions and basic urban services in the City.

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Gender-Urban-Planning
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Number of pages
84
Publication date
2012
Publisher
UN-HABITAT

Gender and Urban Planning

If policies to improve and enhance places are to address gender inequality, they must also take into account the issues and needs of both women and men. The policy implications are clear. Gender-sensitive urban planning starts with the needs of people in communities. The design of places and spaces needs to reflect the socio-cultural needs of women as well as men, girls as well as boys. Existing policies and programmes need to be scrutinized to see how they can be adapted to become more gender aware and bring about genuine gender equality.