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.
Report
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
Inclusive Resilience : Inclusion Matters for Resilience in South Asia
South Asia faces rising climate hazards that disproportionately harm marginalized groups requiring inclusive disaster risk management.
Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design
This handbook links gender inequality to the built environment and offers practical processes for planning more inclusive cities.
Inclusive Community Engagement Playbook
The Playbook guides cities in delivering inclusive community engagement using practical tools and case studies for climate‑action planning.
Learning from Viet Nam’s urban upgrading projects
Viet Nam’s urban upgrading projects shifted from slum clearance to in‑situ improvements, expanding infrastructure and learning from phased implementation.
COVID-19: Safeguarding lives and livelihoods - A checklist guide for local governments
The guide offers a framework to help local governments in developing countries plan and adapt to COVID‑19 impacts.
Global Responses to COVID-19 in Slums
Slums face high contagion risks; the document reviews global city and country responses to address these vulnerabilities effectively.
Why can resilient housing change the world?
This brochure provides worldwide data about the necessity of resilient housing.
Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID‑19 impacts men and women differently; effective policy requires integrating gender analysis to leverage women’s roles in crisis response.
