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124
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2019
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UN-Habitat

Addressing Urban and Human Settlement Issues in National Adaptation Plans

We live in an urban world: more than 55 per cent of the world population lives in urban areas today and this number will grow to 68 per cent by 2050. Cities are particularly vulnerable to Climate Change as the concentrate large populations and a centres for the national economy and social-economic development. In order to build the climate resilience of the national population and economy, building resilient cities and human settlements is essential. National Adaptation Plans are the most important process to articulate the adaptation needs and priorities of countries, and therefore countries should comprehensively address urban and human settlement issues in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) at the formulation and implementation stage.

The guide primarily targets decision-makers at the national level working on NAPs, both within and outside UNFCCC focal point ministries, while it also targets a broader set of stakeholders at the national and sub-national levels who are interested in NAPs or who may be involved in their implementation. This guide has been developed to address the support countries require to enhance the coverage of human settlement/urban issues within the broader national effort to formulate and implement NAPs. The supplement also offers advice on how adaptation efforts at the urban level can be scaled up and better integrated into national efforts.

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60
Publication date
2018
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UN-HABITAT

Pro-Poor Climate Action in Informal Settlements

Urbanization is one of the global megatrends of our time, unstoppable and irreversible. In 30 years, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas; 90 per cent of this urban growth will take place in less developed regions such as East Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. These are regions where capacity and resources are already constrained, and development challenges are ever more complex and concentrated. Urbanization in such areas is largely unplanned, fuelling the continuous growth of informal settlements, the physical manifestation of urban poverty and inequality. Currently home to some 1 billion people, informal settlements are where the impact of climate change is most acute and where resilience must be strengthened.

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2018

The State of African Cities 2018 - The geography of African investment

The aim of The State of African Cities 2018: The geography of African investment report is to contribute to development policies that can turn African cities into more attractive, competitive and resilient foreign direct investment (FDI) destinations. Attracting global FDI is highly competitive and crosses various geographic scales, therefore regional cooperation by cities and nations is critical. But FDI is not a panacea since it has both positive and negative effects and careful choices need to be made by cities in their pursuit of FDI, if it is to lead to inclusive economic growth. This report aims to provide guidance on these choices and to facilitate understanding of the complexity of global investment in Africa.

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New Hospital Design , Book 1
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54
Publication date
2012
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UN-HABITAT

New Hospital Design , Book 1

UN-Habitat ROAP in partnership with UNISDR Asia Pacific Secretariat developed a Tool Kit to assess the safety of critical infrastructure, focusing on schools and hospitals in South Asia.

The Tool Kit for assessing critical infrastructure safety, particularly making schools and hospital safe, is aimed for the policy makers and local bodies that are responsible for local planning usually in urban areas in South Asia Region.The Tool Kit was pilot tested with selected schools and hospitals in cities in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

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New School Design , Book 1
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52
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2012
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UN-HABITAT

New School Design, Book 1

UN-Habitat ROAP in partnership with UNISDR Asia Pacific Secretariat developed a Tool Kit to assess the safety of critical infrastructure, focusing on schools and hospitals in South Asia.

The Tool Kit for assessing critical infrastructure safety, particularly making schools and hospitals safe, is aimed for the policy makers and local bodies that are responsible for local planning usually in urban areas in SA Region.This Tool Kit was pilot tested with selected schools and hospitals in cities in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

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RetroMaintenance of Hospitals
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80
Publication date
2012
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UN-HABITAT

Tools and Methodologies for Safer Schools and Hospitals in South Asia: RetroMaintenance of Hospitals

This toolkit comprises four sets of assessment tools for both existing and new schools as well as hospitals in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is intended to offer user-friendly tools for the multi-hazard context of the countries in South Asia, targeting the policy makers, experts, and end-users that are responsible for local level planning and implementation.

The toolkit explains the complex process of retrofitting of existing facilities as well as ensuring safe construction of new infrastructure, in a practical manner. It facilitates informed decision-making and actions to achieve school and hospital safety and importantly, the tools have been reviewed by a group of experts including policymakers, professionals and users, and have undergone field testing in several locations in the region.

It is aimed at providing concrete indices in support of the recommendations of the 2011 Chair’s summary of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, the global advocacy campaigns: One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals, Making Cities Resilient - My City is Getting Ready and, the World Urban Campaign. It complements the recent work of the SAARC Disaster Management Centre and its publication ‘Rapid Structural and Non-Structural Assessment of School and Hospital Buildings in SAARC Countries’.

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RetroMaintenance of schools
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Number of pages
76
Publication date
2012
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UN-HABITAT

Tools for the assessment of school and hospital safety for multi-hazards in South Asia: RetroMaintenance of schools

This toolkit comprises four sets of assessment tools for both existing and new schools as well as hospitals in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is intended to offer user-friendly tools for the multi-hazard context of the countries in South Asia, targeting the policy makers, experts, and end-users that are responsible for local level planning and implementation.

The toolkit explains the complex process of retrofitting of existing facilities as well as ensuring safe construction of new infrastructure, in a practical manner. It facilitates informed decision-making and actions to achieve school and hospital safety and importantly, the tools have been reviewed by a group of experts including policymakers, professionals and users, and have undergone field testing in several locations in the region.

It is aimed at providing concrete indices in support of the recommendations of the 2011 Chair’s summary of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, the global advocacy campaigns: One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals, Making Cities Resilient - My City is Getting Ready and, the World Urban Campaign. It complements the recent work of the SAARC Disaster Management Centre and its publication ‘Rapid Structural and Non-Structural Assessment of School and Hospital Buildings in SAARC Countries’.