Global state of national urban policy 2018
With two thirds of the world’s population projected to live in urban areas by the middle of this century, the accelerating pace of urbanisation generates crucial opportunities and challenges for sustainable
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The global urban competitiveness report 2017-2018: house prices, changing the city world
The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the National Academy of Economic Strategy (NAES) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) have jointly released a report on cities’ competitiveness
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Steering the metropolis: metropolitan governance for sustainable urban development
A distinctive feature of urbanization in the last 50 years is the expansion of urban populations and built development well beyond what was earlier conceived as the city limit, resulting in metropolitan
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Building sustainability assessment and benchmarking: an introduction
Over the past 30 years, the number, scope and complexity of tools for assessing the environmental impact of buildings has increased dramatically. Examining the emergence of building sustainability assessment
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UN-Habitat global activities report 2015: increasing synergy for greater national ownership
With cities increasingly in the spotlight on the international stage, urban planning and development has become a critical issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While slums continue to grow
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Urban patterns for a green economy: leveraging density
Part of a series of four entitled Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, this guide explores the compact city and its benefits within the developed and developing world’s contexts. The guide illustrates how
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The evolution of national urban policies: a global overview
A National Urban Policy is a coherent set of decisions derived through a deliberate government-led process of coordinating and rallying various actors for a common vision and goal that will promote more
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Urbanization and climate change in Small Island Developing States
The purpose of this document is to provide a contextual understanding of the challenges and opportunities of climate change in relation to human settlements in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It
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The state of African cities 2014
The African continent is currently in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Africa’s economic
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Planning for climate change: a strategic, values-based approach for urban planners
This report by UN-Habitat has been developed for city planners to better understand, assess and take action on climate change at the local level. The guide's strategic, values based planning framework: - promotes a participatory planning process that integrates local participation and good decision-making - provides practical tools for addressing climate change through different urban planning processes - supports the "mainstreaming" of climate change actions into other local government policy instruments.