The draft New Urban Agenda (10th September 2016) is being draft to guide the United Nations system-wide approach to sustainable urbanization post the 2015 development agenda. Its broad arguments, principles and approaches reflect UN-Habitat’s research (such as the global reports) plus the Agency’s extensive practical experience in urban development.

Despite the fact that the number of slum dwellers in Brazil decreased by 7 million in the past decade, around 38.5 million people - about 19% of Brazil’s population1- still live in slums and informal settlements that cover the hillsides of towns and cities with overcrowded, unplanned and unsafe settlements2.

Avec plus de la moitié (environ 56%2) de la population urbaine vivant dans des établissements informels et des bidonvilles, et un taux de croissance urbaine de 4,34%3, la capacité et l’engagement de la Constitution kenyane de 2010 pour faire face au défi du logement abordable

With more than a half of the urban population living in informal settlements and slums (around 56%2) and an urban growth rate of 4.34%3 , the capacity and commitment of Kenya’s 2010 Constitution to address the country’s affordable housing and slum challenge is brought into focus. This impact story explores the frameworks and platforms that Kenya has in place to undertake city-wide slum upgrading and how UN-Habitat

Although some governments acknowledge the existence of slums and informal settlements, many do not. This lack of recognition and subsequent response directly undermines city-wide sustainable development and prosperity to the detriment of millions of urban dwellers, and also results in forced evictions.

Les bidonvilles sont une des caractéristiques dominantes et régulières des centres urbains du Cameroun. Plus de la moitié des Camerounais vit aujourd’hui dans des villes (53%, soit environ 13 millions sur le nombre estimé de 23 millions de Camerounais) 2, et environ 60% d’entre eux vit dans des établissements informels et des bidonvilles3.

Slums are an ongoing and dominant feature of Cameroon’s urban centres. More than half of Cameroonians now live in towns and cities (53% or around 13 million of Cameroon’s estimated 23 million)2 and an estimated 60% of those are living in informal settlements and slums3. With an urban growth rate of around 5%4 , the challenge of managing and preventing slums is critical.

Slums are a human construct, representing a certain economic system in urban centres related to informality and weak governance, and resulting from speculative land markets and a general lack of planning and the neglect of long term investment in infrastructure and housing1. Slums are defined by the absence of: adequate housing2, basic urban services,

This quick guide provides urban decision makers with the key messages and actions as to why a National Urban Policy is an

Participation has been identified as a key mechanism to promote urban equity and is a ‘pre-condition’ for inclusive sustainable urbanization.
This quick guide provides urban managers with the tools and messages to embrace participation in city-wide slum upgrading and as a tool to promote inclusive outcomes that benefits everyone, including slum dwellers.