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URBAN
OBSERVATORY:
GENERAL
OVERVIEW
UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on Creativity and Development Initiatives in Arab Cities,
Amman-Jordan 27-29 April 2009
WHAT IS AN URBAN OBSERVATORY?
Urban Observatory is a network of
Global/National/Local stakeholders
responsible for producing, analyzing
and monitoring urban indicators and
disseminating information.
WHY URBAN OBSERVATORY?
1. Lack of urban information at National,
Regional and City level.
2. Distorted assessment of city potentials
and problems
3. Lack of systematic connection between
data producers
4. Disconnection between data, information
and policy formulation
URBAN OBSERVATORY
OBJECTIVES
• Increasing urban
knowledge.
• Linking the knowledge to
policies
• Monitoring urban trends
URBAN OBSERVATORY:
UN HABITAT RESPONSE TO THE
“URBAN ERA”
UN HABITAT aims at:
- Assist Governments and Partners
with the Collection and Analysis of
urban data to improve urban
management.
- Enhance the use of knowledge
and urban indicators for policy
formulation.
- Synthesize and disseminate
information.
URBAN OBSERVATORY: BETTER
INFORMATION FOR BETTER DECISION
MAKING
GUO
RUO
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NUO
LUO
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GLOBAL URBAN OBSERVATORIES:
FUNCTIONS AND PRODUCTS
FUNCTIONS
• Monitoring Global Progress in implementing the
Habitat Agenda.
• Monitoring Global urban conditions and trends.
PRODUCTS
• Global Urban Observatory Network.
• Global Urban Observatory Database.
• Global report “State of the World’s Cities”.
• Monitoring Urban Inequities Programme.
GUO:
PRIORITY SECTORS AND INDICATORS
SHELTER
20 KEY INDICATORS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND ERADICATION
OF POVERTY
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
9 CHECK LIST
INDICATORS
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE
13 EXTENSIVE
INDICATORS
FROM DATA TO LUO/NUO
Priority Sectors Identification
Reviewing data
Refer to
Habitat
Agenda
Indicators
and to other
international
and local
indicators .
Formulate
indicators
and create
indicators
database
Visualize
indicators
( GIS based
maps, tables
and
graphics)
Information products
Dissemination of
information and
networking
Indicators
analysis
updating
Indicators
Monitoring
System
URBAN
OBSERVATORY
IN ARAB REGION
UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on creativity and initiatives in Arab Cities,
Amman-Jordan 27-29 April 2009
NATIONAL URBAN OBSERVATORIES
BAHRAIN
SAUDI ARABIA
EGYPT
TUNISIA
YEMEN
SYRIA
LEBANON
JORDAN
NUOs IN ARAB REGION: SECTORS
HABITAT AGENDA SECTORS
SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
LOCAL
GOVERNANCE
PRIORITY SECTORS
YEMEN NUO – Housing and informal settlement
EGYPT NUO – Housing and land development
JORDAN NUO – Poverty, Health , Education,
Environment, Water and Shelter
NUOs IN ARAB REGION: COMMON
CARACHTERISTICS
Indicators – from 20 to 50 HABITAT
AGENDA and locals.
Products – City/Country Profiles, Website,
brochures.
GIS – All NUOs use GIS. Some need to
strengthen their capacity.
Networking – All NUOs are in the process of
strengthening the network with the existing
LUOs and supporting the establishment with
additional LUOs.
LOCAL URBAN OBSERVATORIES
ALMEDINAH
AMMAN
(municipality and
8 cities within Medina Region)
JEDDAH
SWEIDA (Syria)
MECCA
ALEPPO
GASSIM
TYRE, BINT JBEIL ,
MARAJAAYOUN AND SIN
AL FYL (Lebanon)
TAIF
SANA’A, ADEN AND TAIZ
ABHA
TRIPOLI
KHARTOUM
LUOs IN ARAB REGION: SECTORS
1. HABITAT AGENDA SECTORS
2. SPECIFIC FOCUS
JEDDAH LUO – Environmental planning, urban pollution, Jeddah
Strategic Plan and MDGs
TRIPOLI LUO – Environment and sustainable development
TYRE, BINT JBEIL AND MARJAAYOUN LUOs – Post war
reconstruction activities mainly in urban planning and infrastructure
needs
ALMEDINAH – Regional Planning, Child Protection, Education.
LUOs IN ARAB REGION: COMMON
CARACHTERISTICS
Indicators – from 20 to 110/ HABITAT AGENDA,
MDG and locals.
Products – City/Country Profiles, reports, Website,
brochures.
GIS – All LUOs use GIS. Some need to strengthen
their capacity.
Networking – All LUOs are in the process of
strengthening the network with NUOs and other
urban observatories.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Conditions for creating a sustainable urban observatory:
1. Proper Institutional Framework and
appropriate skills
2. Sense of ownership at
decision making level
3. Systematic updating and monitoring
of data and indicators
4. Strengthening the network between
National and Local Urban Observatories
URBAN OBSERVATORY IN ARAB
REGION: FUTURE STEPS
- Review the list of indicators for each Urban
Observatory and their monitoring system.
- Create a common platform, a network between
Urban Observatories in Arab Region.
- Create Regional Urban Observatory to be
connected to the Global Urban Observatory
- Monitoring Urban Trends in Arab Region
- Develop the State of Arab Cities Report.
…THANK YOU