The case studies in this book are of real shelter projects that have been to an individual context and is the
outcome of local assessments and monitoring.
In Sri Lanka, as in many other developing countries, there is a growing urgency to come up with creative and sustainable solutions to tackle the twin pressures of infrastructure needs and minimizin...
The need to provide adequate, suitable and equitable housing has remained a major priority of every government. Yet, since the problem of housing is complex and pressing, no nation has been able to...
The real estate credit system used in Brazil for residential housing (known as the Housing Finance System-SFH), was created in 1964. Previously, there was no organized system for housing financing ...
UN-HABITAT is mandated by the United
Nations General Assembly to promote socially and
environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the
goal of providing adequate shelter for all. Today, the
ho...
Urbanization in the last 20 years has become one of the most important trends in human settlement development and the prospects of all developing countries continue to be deeply affected by rapid u...
Equal property rights of women and men are fundamental to
social and economic gender equality. However, women often face discrimination in formal, informal and customary systems of land tenure. Aro...
Promoting gender equality and empowering
women is the third of eight Millennium
Development Goals agreed by the world
community in 2000 to tackle the most daunting
development challenges in this ea...
In this issue:
- How Cape Town is rising to the World Cup challenge
- New report highlights progress on Millennium Development Goals
- Interview: Marcio Fortes, Minister of Cities, Brazil
This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa. The report looks at the macro-economic conditions and legal environment in which housing finance is operating. It discusses the ...
Systematic Land Information and Management: A Technical Manual for the Establishment and Implementation of a Municipal Geographic Information System
This manual provides detailed, step-by-step ins...
The case studies comprise a selection of initiatives in the enhancement and conservation of cultural heritage, contained in UN HABITAT’S Best Practices Database. They represent all regions of the w...
This publication from the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) belongs to a series of research reports examining the changing landscape of land tenure security in developing countries. The intent is to ...
UN-HABITAT is one of the key partners of the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP). KENSUP was initiated in 2001 by the Government of Kenya (GoK), and it is complemented and supplemented by UN-HA...
Land, Property, and Housing in Somalia is a detailed and comprehensive report that focuses on the Somali legal frameworks and institutional systems relating to land and on the historical background...
The publication contains the spatial analysis of Garowe, the capital city of the Puntland State of Somalia.
This publication presents the results of the urban spatial analysis carried out by UN-HA...
This planning and upgrading guide is part of the UNHCR, UN-HABITAT, DRC, and NRC strategy for permanent resettlement, improved transitional shelter solutions, and upgraded living conditions. The ma...
The publication documents the process undertaken by the Sheikh Municipality, records the outcomes of the first broad consensus on urban issues, priority interventions and action plans, introduces t...
The publication contains the spatial analysis of Gardho, a town in the Puntland State of Somalia.
This publication presents the results of the urban spatial analysis carried out by UN-HABITAT expe...