Urban planning
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- Is household-centred environmental sanitation planning a new approach to handling urban sanitation?
- ( S. Thammanosouth (ed);M. Duangnouluck (ed);T. Chanthala (ed) / NCCR North South , 2005)
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This paper looks at the Household-Centred Environmental Sanitation Planning (HCES) as an approach to environmental sanitation. The HCES approach is a radical departure from past central planning ap...
- Improving city management: lessons from the Philippines' public governance system.
- ( K. E. Bettcher / Center for International Private Enterprise , 2008)
- Since 1986, the Philippines has struggled to establish a democracy capable of addressing the needs of all levels of society. Political turmoil has shaken public confidence in governing institutions an...
- How to improve municipal services in India
- ( M. P. Mathur;R. Chandra;S. Singh;B. Chattopadhyay / National Institute of Urban Affairs , 2007)
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A framework to understand urban transformation in Africa
- ( K. Landman / Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa , 2006)
- This paper explores the relevance of a theoretical framework for spatial transformation to analyse and understand African cities and their transition at the turn of the century. The paper introduces t...
- Urban health and emerging environmental challenges
- ( G. McGranahan / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007)
- This paper examines urban health in low- and middle-income countries, in relation to two sets of environmental issues: ...
- Assessing gender and urbanisation
- ( Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions , 2008)
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Countries throughout the world are rapidly urbanising, particularly in the developing world, and for the first time in human history, the majority of people today are no longer living in rural area...
- Impact of peri-urban developments on three India cities
- ( V Dupont (ed);N Sridharan (ed) / Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi , 2006)
- The concentration of population towards metropolitan centres and its diffusion to their peripheries has resulted in complex problems such as land scarcity, inward and outward mobility of labour, econo...
Securing land rights for all: how can the challenges be overcome?
- ( United Nations Human Settlements Programme , 2008)
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Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas. Thi...
An exploration of sustainable urban agriculture
- ( R. Van Veenhuizen (ed) / RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine , 2006)
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The book aims to enhance understanding of the role urban agriculture can play in promoting inclusive, green and productive cities and provide ways to facilitate safe and sustainable urban agricultu...
- How to identify economic opportunities in your city
- ( Cities Alliance , 2007)
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Drawing from fifteen case studies, this guide offers tools and best practices for cities to undertake effective economic assessments, and in turn, to develop better and stronger strategies to suppo...
