Making Slums History: A Global Challenge for 2020 International Conference, Rabat: Morocco, 26 – 29 November 2012

Making Slums History A Global Challenge for 2020According to UN‐Habitat estimates, between the year 2000 and 2010 a total of 227 million people in developing countries have experienced significant improvements in living conditions. In other words, governments have managed to beat by a multiple of 2.2 MDG Target 7‐D, namely to "Significantly improve living conditions for a least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020."

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Report of the Second International Tripartite Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation for Urban Poverty Eradication

kigaliOn the 3rd to 6th of September, 2013, the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States, the European Commission, and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) hosted the 2nd International Tripartite Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation for Urban Poverty Eradication, with a special focus on Slum Upgrading and Community Empowerment.

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Neighbourhood planning design recommendations for city-wide, participatory slum upgrading

pages-from-qg04_psup-planning-design-recommendationsDrawing on the experience from the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), international research on slum and informal settlement upgrading, this quick guide provides planning design recommendations for slum and informal settlement upgrading, building on and enhancing UN-Habitat’s current five principles for sustainable neighborhood plann

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