Nabaa is a poor residential area of Bourj Hammoud strategically located near the eastern gate of the centre of Beirut at an important cluster of principal roads connecting it to major hubs and regions. The neighbourhood’s location, its attractive cheap local market, and the various production and technical skills of the community are assets to be capitalised on in strengthening the local economy and in improving its means of urban and social living. As noted in the Neighbourhood Profile (UN-Habitat, 2016), Nabaa has transformed in recent years from a host community neighbourhood into a majority refugee one.
This multi-sectoral assessment indicates that the over-densification of this low- income urban neighbourhood has sharply reduced quality of life, social stability,
livelihood opportunities and basic urban services provision. Improving gender equality, enhancing environmental safety for children and empowering youth can help foster a stabilised community. Addressing building conditions and basic urban services management, guided by identified gaps and challenges, has the potential to reinforce social stability by improving livelihood opportunities, the neighbourhood’s accessibility, a more secure environment and better quality of life.
Resource collections
- Accountability to affected populations (AAP)
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience