This document provides an overview of the key legislations and decrees that govern ur-ban development in Egypt. The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the fundamental law of Egypt. The current Constitution was issued in 2012 and was amended in January 2014 where it passed in a referendum. According to the current legal
The present piece seeks to bring a comprehensive explanation about three main urban processes in the Colombian territorial planning system: i. Creation of urban plots; ii. Creation of public space and iii. Allocation of buidabilily rights. The study will approach to these topics from a broad perspective that understands each of them as part of
Quito, 18 October 2016 – UN Habitat on Tuesday launched, ‘Addressing Climate Change in National Urban Policy,’ a guide developed to assist all National Urban Policy stakeholders to better understand the intersection between National Urban Policy and climate change. This event, at the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III),
Quito, 19 December 2016— – UN Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design Lab, with participation from partners and stakeholders held the premiere of the Urban Labs Movie opening to rave reviews and a full house at the ongoing Habitat III conference. Two panels of local stakeholders from partner cities of the Urban Labs followed the screening
The Kigali Declaration during the 2nd Tripartite Conference ACP/EC/UN-Habitat.
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There are one billion slum dwellers worldwide and an additional 3 billion people will need adequate housing by 2050 as population increases and people move to cities and urban centres. In spite of progress made in improving or preventing the formation of new slums, the absolute number of slum dwellers is growing, and is expected to increase threefold by 2050 to
In our world, one in eight people live in slums. In total, around a billion people live in slum conditions today. This not only amounts to a rather unacceptable contemporary reality but to one whose numbers are continuously swelling. In spite of great progress in improving slums and preventing their formation– represented by a decrease
“Making Slums History A Global Challenge for 2020” We, the participants gathered in Rabat, Morocco, from 26 to 28 November 2012 at the international conference “Making Slums History: a worldwide challenge for 2020”, under the High Patronage of His Majesty the King to review and share global progress in improving the living conditions of slum
Drawing 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 planning
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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. In essence, it argues that there
