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 boundaries of the official camps only. 

The custodians of SDG indicators 1.4.2 (UN-Habitat and the World Bank) and 5.a.1 (FAO) have joined forces to develop a standardized and succinct survey instrument designed to collect the essential data for computation of both indicators simultaneously. As the data collection requirements for each indicator largely overlap, great gains in efficiency are possible by implementing a joint module in existing survey questionnaires.This document aims to facilitate the successful, efficient, and crosscountry comparable data collection for computation of SDG indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1 in line with the methodologies approved by the IAEG-SDGs. The survey instrument discussed in this document was designed with an eye for the integration of essential questions for both indicators into existing survey instruments, with the possibility of stand-alone implementation. Use of the proposed module encourages the standardization of indicator definitions and data comparability across countries and over time.

The Public Space Profile forms a policy-driven overview of the current practice of public space development and management in the Municipality of Pristina as well as profiling of the public space supply and quality at the city scale. The profile addresses a number of aspects with regard to the institutional, technical and human dimension of Pristina public space, including:

• The current development and management processes of public space, looking at the entire spatial planning cycle, steps and the applied methodological tools;
• A brief overview of the legal framework and the relevant municipal mechanisms that support public space development processes at the local level;
• A stakeholder analysis, with a focus on the municipal organizational setup, supporting municipal partners as well as the civil society organizations and citizens;
• A brief analytical glance at the municipal spatial planning documents, projects and initiatives for public space development;
• A baseline analysis of public space supply and quality in the city of Pristina against various parameters among others accessibility, comfort, safety but also the perception by users.

Derived analysis and the respective findings support a set of recommendations, which can pave the ground for a future citywide policy on public space development and management, including maintenance

A tool to help governments understand the importance of rental housing policy as part of national housing policy and a guide to developing policy.

A practical guide to conducting comprehensive national housing profiles with a direct objective of understanding the housing sector, while offering evidence-based data to inform policy reform.

The profile offers a comprehensive in-depth analysis of the country’s urban housing sector. The Profile contributes to the creation of a policy framework that enables the provision of adequate housing for all. It builds a comprehensive understanding of the functioning of the urban housing sector that can serve as an authoritative reference point for all actors involved in the direct provision or enablement of housing

This Fact Sheet examines the prohibition on forced evictions under the international human rights framework, specific obligations of States and others to refrain from and prohibit forced evictions, and how, when violations of rights and obligations do occur, there can be accountability and remedies.

This publication shows how addressing land issues can mitigate conflict, facilitate solutions to it, improve the likelihood that people can return to their homes after the violence is over, and contribute to peace overall. It draws on cases in nine countries in the Arab States, Africa, and Latin America with a range of conflict parties: farmers, herders, landlords, villagers, mining companies, host communities, displaced people, gangs, and various levels of government

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨The Role of Metropolitan Development in Supporting the New Urban Agenda” held in Guadalajara, México, 3-4 December 2015

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting “PLANNING CITY EXTENSIONS: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE FOR EXPANDING CITIES” held in Barcelona, Spain, 16-18 September 2013