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Summary of the Global Report on Human Settlements 2009: Planning Sustainable Cities: Policy Directions - Chinese  
View Details Current urban planning systems are not equipped to deal with the major urban challenges of the 21st century, including effects of climate change, resource depletion and economic instability, plus continued rapid urbanization with its negative consequ...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 70, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Opportunities of Cooperation with UN-HABITAT for Promoting Sustainable Urban Mobility  
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Promoting sustainable urban mobility is highly relevant for UN‐HABITAT’s call for sustainable urban regions across the Globe. Functioning networks for urban mobility and logistics are a precondition for economic activity, access to housing a...

Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Sustainable Mobility in African Cities  
View Details This report is the summary of the seminar ‘Sustainable Development of Public Transport in Africa’, held in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was jointly organised by UN-HABITAT, UITP (the International Association of Public Transport) and UATP (the African A...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
People and Mobility  
View Details This report covers the process and general debate of the Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Mobility for African Cities in Dakar, Senegal, following the 1st UATP Congress on African Public Transport. The Expert Group meeting was jointly organised by...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 12, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Guide to Municipal Finance  
View Details This Guide to Municipal Finance describes the current issues in municipal finance and the ways in which local governments finance services and infrastructure. It sets out a basic economic framework that is used to evaluate the different aspects of ...
Year: 2009, Number of pages: 110, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Report on Human Settlements 2009: Planning Sustainable Cities  
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Planning Sustainable Cities reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that t...

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 336, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Report on Human Settlements 2009, Planning Sustainable Cities: Policy Direction - Abridged Edition  
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This report documents many effective and equitable examples of sustainable urbanization that are helping to define a new role for urban planning.

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 84, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Habitat Debate Vol. 12, No. 1, Towards sustainable energy in cities  
View Details Higher population densities make it easier to provide basic services. Urban areas should thus have the potential to offer better health, education, sanitation and electricity services than rural areas. However, while these benefits of economies of ...
Year: 2006, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Linkages between Transport and Housing for the Urban Poor: Policy Implications and Alternatives  
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This paper investigates linkages between transport and housing/security of tenure issues for the urban poor, primarily in the cities of the developing world (the global South). There are significant connections between transport and housing for th...

Year: 2001, Number of pages: 51, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Energy-Environment Linkages In African Cities: Final Report of the Regional Workshop  
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Energy has long been recognized to be essential in meeting basic human needs, in stimulating and supporting economic growth and in enhancing the quality of life in human settlements. Increased energy use means increased ability to produce the ne...

Year: 2000, Number of pages: 149, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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