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.

Featured Resources

Planning

The Making of Sustainable Cities: GEF-6 Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SC-IAP) – Insights and Lessons

A decade of lessons from the GEF-6 Sustainable Cities Program and its impact on future urban development.

Report

Climate

Climate Change Infrastructure Project Screening Framework (for Mitigation and Adaptation)

This tool helps catalyzing the next generation of investments in cities for climate-smart, greener, more resilient, and inclusive urbanization.

Tool

Knowledge Resources
Explore the GPSC’s constantly growing library of knowledge resources, curated from cities across the world.
Partners
Global Platform for Sustainable CitiesX

TOD City Academy [Resources]

The workshop convened cities and experts to address challenges and develop action plans for financing, designing, and implementing TOD.

Climate Action Planning City Academy [Resources]

The City Academy trained participants on climate action planning, emphasizing tools, peer learning, and strategies for assessing risks.

Municipal Public-private Partnership City Academy [Resources]

The Academy trains participants in municipal PPPs, introducing the Model Framework and tools to assess project and municipal readiness.

Natural Asset and Biodiversity Valuation in Cities

Cities increasingly value natural assets; this paper offers a framework to assess them and guide sustainable, biodiversity‑based decisions.

Natural Asset and Biodiversity Valuation in Cities [Conference Edition]

The paper shows how cities use innovative planning to value natural assets, protect biodiversity, and enhance urban wellbeing.

Melaka: Pathway to Urban Sustainability

Melaka’s sustainability diagnostic assessed six dimensions to guide the State Structure Plan with data‑driven recommendations.

Financing urban resiliency and low emission development in Asia [Summary Report]

The RCAP2019 GPSC workshop gathered Asian cities and finance experts to strengthen capacity, and improve access to climate‑related financing.

TOD Implementation Resources and Tools

TOD concentrates mixed‑use development around transit, integrating land use, design, and infrastructure to create resilient, walkable communities.

Catalyzing Solutions for Sustainable Cities

The document explains how SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda guide cities toward inclusive, resilient and sustainable development.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Dakar City Report

GPSC provides Dakar with ESA‑supported imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, offering geospatial products that improve understanding of the city’s urban expansion.