生境國際致力于研究城市和農村人類住區的規劃、設計、生產和管理。它的主要焦點是發展中國家最廣泛意義上的城市化。然而，發展中世界和發達世界城鎮之間的相互關系和聯系日益明顯，迫切需要解決由此產生的問題。世界的經濟、社會、技術和政治制度相互交織，一個區域的變化幾乎總是影響到其他區域。生境國際歡迎關于城市問題的研究報告，例如政策和執行、規劃、建筑和土地、財政和管理、城市設計、自然環境和城市地區之間的相互作用、城市服務的提供和其他有關問題。將審議關于顯然具有廣泛影響和基于發展中國家或發達國家經驗的相互關系的主題的論文。特別歡迎在發展范圍內就這些問題提出意見。世界各地均發表了高質量的論文、簡短的通訊、對已發表論文的評論，以及有關會議的報告，因為大家都認識到，這類城市問題隨處可見。希望國際人居組織能為解決這些問題做出貢獻。

Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world. However, increasingly the interrelationships and linkages between cities and towns in the developing and developed worlds are becoming apparent and solutions to the problems that result are urgently required. The economic, social, technological and political systems of the world are intertwined and changes in one region almost always affect other regions. Habitat International welcomes reports of research on urban issues such as policy and implementation, the links between planning, building and land, finance and management, urban design, the interaction between the natural environment and urban areas the provision of urban services and other related problems. Papers on topics which clearly have broad implications and interrelationships based on the experiences of the developing or developed world will be considered. Submissions exploring these issues within the development context are particularly welcomed. Quality papers, short communications, comments on published papers and reports on relevant conferences from all parts of the world are presented as it is recognised that such urban problems arise everywhere. Hopefully, Habitat International will contribute to their solution.