Detail the scale of inadequate provision of water and sanitation, impacts on health and economic performance, showing the potential gains of remedial action

Systematization of the institutional capacities, governance and planning strengthening processes.

The publication presents an alternative of implementation of a new system for the allocation of subsidies and contributions in public residential services in Colombia.

This report is a photograph of the socio-economic situation of young people in the cities of Colombia. It serves as an input for the discussion, analysis and reflection, about public policies focused on this population.

The Strategy as a mean of transportation for Bucaramanga and its Metropolitan Area was born in 2015, and proposes a new paradigm of sustainable mobility, which seeks to requalify urban living under the guidelines of urban prosperity, improving the quality of life for all and "not leaving anyone behind", as proclaimed in the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.

This report is a product of a pilot joint study investigating the synergies between aviation and urbanisation in Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa. During the pilot phase of this project, four metropolitan areas and their airports were selected: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – Bole International Airport, Nairobi (Kenya) – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Wilson Airport, and Ekurhuleni – OR Tambo International Airport and Johannesburg - Lanseria international Airport (South Africa). The report also reviews aviation policies and urban development practices in all countries, including data collected from urbanisation and aviation stakeholders in the pilot countries. The project findings uncovered a degree of cooperation between airports and cities in each country, with the level of cooperation differing from country to country. The report recommends further research to ascertain the nature and extent of contributions of aviation to urban areas, to find out how resultant synergies can be harnessed for environmentally sustainable and socioeconomic growth of urban areas. It is also suggested that a better understanding of the coordination of impact of air traffic growth in land use patterns of the airport vicinity and the related socio-economic and environmental impacts along the airport-core city development corridor. Joint capacity development for aviation and urban stakeholders will be key in enhancing coordination between the two realms of development to fully harness synergies that will promote development.

Second Meeting of East African Community Ministers of Water, Ministers of Finance, and Development Partners of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative on Scaling Up of the Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative

Policy and programme experiences from different countries have shown the correlation between government legitimacy, stability and peace. The Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP) addresses this complex relationship between governance and peace. The “Safety in Afghan Cities” report, developed from the programme’s baseline survey, presents public perceptions on urban safety in eight of Afghanistan’s most strategic cities, including Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad, Herat, Kunduz, Nili, Bamyan and Farah. It describes people’s opinion on safety and stability by highlighting four dimensions of the issue:

1. Current perceptions on the state of urban safety.
2. Awareness of rights and engagement with local authorities.
3. Provision of municipal and police services, particularly for vulnerable groups.
4. Changes needed to improve safety in cities.

The tool has a direct translation to the National Action Plan of Cuba, an official document developed in parallel by the Institute of Physical Planning.

A document to support the proposal of an urban policy with housing in the center to guide sustainable and inclusive urbanization for the next twelve years.