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.

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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.

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Nature

Compendium for City Good Practice Series: How Paris Is Leveraging Nature For Climate Resilience

Explore Paris's innovative approach to climate resilience through the strategic integration of nature into urban environments.

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Knowledge Resources
Explore the GPSC’s constantly growing library of knowledge resources, curated from cities across the world.

Sustainable and Safe: A Vision and Guidance for Zero Road Deaths

The “Safe System” approach requires a shift in responsibility from the people using roads to the people designing them. It

Municipal Solid Waste Management Sector Review Strategic Directions and Investment Planning up to 2025

The report assesses Bosnia and Herzegovina’s solid waste system, highlighting high costs, and benefits of regionalized, more efficient services.

Solid and Industrial Hazardous Waste Management Assessment: Options and Actions Areas to Implement the National Strategy

Vietnam has set as its objective, under the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy, the greening of production and of consumption, with

Solid and Industrial Hazardous Waste Management Assessment: Options and Actions Areas to Implement the National Strategy (Vietnamese)

Vietnam has set as its objective, under the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy, the greening of production and of consumption, with

International Case Studies on Public Communication and Consultation Strategies for Low Emission Zones and Congestion Charging Schemes

The working paper will be part of the “Low Emission Zone/Congestion Charge (LEZ/CC) Public Communication Strategies” series of papers to

Implementing Nature-based Flood Protection: Principles and Implementation Guidance

There is increasing momentum for the use of naturebased solutions as part of resilience-building strategies, sustainable adaptation, and disaster risk

Handbook on the Public Procurement of Biobased Products and Services

Many of the products people use on a daily basis are made from fossil raw materials. However, ‘bio-based’ alternatives for

Transport Emission Mapping, Monitoring and Capacity Building in 5 Selected African Cities

A pilot in five African cities built capacity to monitor emissions, producing tools and recommendations to scale low‑emission urban transport.

Formulating an Urban Transport Policy: Choosing Between Options

As the developing world rapidly urbanizes, the demands on transport systems also grow often at a faster pace than the

Regenerating Urban Land: A Practitioner’s Guide to Leveraging Private Investment

Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various