Knowledge Products
The GPSC hosts a digital library featuring practical tools, reports, and case studies. Explore curated resources across thematic areas, filtering by topic or region to find the insights required to advance urban sustainability.
Compendium for City Good Practice Series: How Paris Is Leveraging Nature For Climate Resilience
This report, as part of the Compendium for City Good Practice series, highlights Paris's innovative approach to climate resilience through the strategic integration of nature into urban environments. It offers a comprehensive overview of Paris's strategy on urban nature, showcasing how the city is integrating biodiversity into planning, leveraging green spaces, biodiversity corridors, and sustainable landscaping to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The report serves as a valuable resource for cities worldwide seeking to emulate Paris's successful model ofReport
Toward Developing a Mobility and Gender Index
Although the benefits of a gender-inclusive approach to mobility for transport decarbonization, access to jobs, and human capital advancement have been increasingly recognized globally, this topic has not received sufficient attention. The lack of attention to gendered mobility barriers is partly due to a limited understanding of the wider benefits of inclusive transport services for development, which is caused by the absence of sex-disaggregated mobility data highlighting gender inequalities. One of the obstacles to this gender-inclusive approach is the absence
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Municipal Finance
City local governments have been facing multiple challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic to secure adequate financial resources for response
Gender Dimensions of Disaster Risk and Resilience: Existing Evidence
This report reviews existing evidence and data on how men and women, boys and girls are impacted by, prepare for
Building on nature: Area-based conservation as a key tool for delivering SDGs
This pioneering, action-oriented guidance demonstrates how the designation and effective management of protected and conserved areas can benefit sustainable development
Pancakes to Pyramids: City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth
Towns and cities are economic and social microcosms in which large numbers of people and firms interact. These interactions largely
Bridging the Gap in Solid Waste Management: Governance Requirements for Results
The primary responsibility for providing on-the-ground services and for ensuring the controlled management of solid waste, on the other hand
Cities Can: Accelerating Progress Toward the SDGs Through City-led Initiatives
In this report, Devex and City Cancer Challenge explore the challenges and best practices involved in implementing city-led initiatives to
