Lebanon Urban Profile: A Desk Review Report

This paper has been prepared to serve as a
background paper for the first report on the
State of the Arab Cities to be published by
the UN-HABITAT, the Arab League and the
Arab Town Organization. It is based on a
desk review of existing and published studies,
papers and reports. The paper follows a
template prepared for the State of Arab Cities
and is divided into six sections: section one
looks at the population and urban growth,
section two profiles the urban economy,
section three addresses the challenges to
urban development, section four looks at
the environmental challenges in urban areas,
section five tackles urban governance and
section six concludes with the emerging urban
issues with focus on Lebanon’s urban divides.