Urban poverty
- Adapting to climate change in urban areas: the possibilities and constraints in low- and middle-income nations
- D. Satterthwaite / Human Settlements Programme , 2007
- This paper discusses the possibilities and constraints for adaptation to climate change in urban areas in low- and middle-income nations. These contain a third of the world’s population and a la...
- Land in Africa: market asset or secure livelihood?
- J. Quan; S. Tan; C. Toulmin / Human Settlements Programme , 2004
- This document summarises the proceedings from a conference organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , Natural Resource insitute (NRI) and the Royal African Society i...
- Ecological urbanization
- D. Mitlin / Human Settlements Programme , 2006
- This briefing paper explores the current debates on urban environmental and ecological issues. The report outlines key studies on ecological urbanisation, the ecological footprint analysis, and new m...
- Chronic poverty in urban areas
- D. Mitlin / Human Settlements Programme , 2005
- This briefing paper focuses on the needs of the chronic poor in urban areas. It argues that there have been few studies on the needs of the chronic poor and that this will be all the more important as...
- Building homes, changing official approaches: the work of urban poor organizations and their federations and their contributions to meeting the Millennium Development Goals in urban areas
- C. D’Cruz; D. Satterthwaite / Human Settlements Programme , 2006
- This paper discusses the current and potential role of community-driven initiatives to significantly improve the lives of slum dwellers and squatters at local, city and national levels. It focuses mai...
- Governance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor
- G. McGranahan; D. Satterthwaite / Human Settlements Programme , 2006
- This working paper examines issues related to the governance of private sector water and sanitation services.The author reviews a number of related issues, including:urban water and sanitat...
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