Urban poverty
- Analysis on the linkages between population dynamics, urban development and disaster risk reduction in Latin America
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012
- With both urban population and the frequency of disasters increasing in Latin America, it is necessary to adequately plan for sustainable growth that takes these changing dynamics into account. With this in mind, multiple agencies wit...
- Highlighting the link between gender and socially inclusive urban development programmes
- T.A. Pulley; S.I. Akand; S.N. Afroze / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- This report is the product of a sub-regional workshop on Gender and Urban Poverty in South Asia. The report highlights key gender issues in urban development and lessons learned from good practices that are achieving both gender equal...
- A Socio-economic Study of Informal Sector Workers of Dhaka City
- M Alam / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012
- Informal sector is a very important area of the economy for any developing country; it is a growing occupational sector for the less skilled people, living both in urban and rural areas. Considerable amount of employment are ensured b...
- Are we building competitive and liveable cities? Guidelines for developing eco-efficient and socially inclusive infrastructure
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2011
- This guideline jointly published by The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), i...
- Global Metropolitan Studies at the Institute of Urban & Regional Development, UC Berkeley
- The 21st century will be an urban century with more people around the world residing in metropolitan regions than in any other form of human settlement. This urbanization is taking place in both the global North and the global South. Its implications are widespread: from environmental challenges to entrenched patterns of segregation to new configurations of politics and social movements. The Globa...
- How does construction affect disaster risk reduction?
- L. Bosher; A. Dainty / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2011
- This paper examines the role and position of the construction sector in addressing disaster risk reduction. It summarises some of the cross-cutting themes that emerge from a diverse body of literature that has considered various facet...
- The challenges to disaster risk reduction as expressed by stakeholders in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa
- A. Roth (ed); P. Becker (ed) / African Centre for Disaster Studies, 2011
- South Africa is a dynamic, developing country in a challenging transition as it struggles to protect life and health, property, infrastructure and the environment from disasters. It is generally accepted that prevention is better than...
- Exploring urbanisation, resource use and climate change adaptation
- D. Satterthwaite (ed) / Royal Society, 2011
- The increased pressures on the world’s natural resources and ecological systems in the past century, has been accompanied by rapid urban population growth. Urban centres themselves have ecological reputations since they drive un...
- The importance of urban management in mitigating disasters in India
- A. Revi (ed) / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- India is one of the more vulnerable and risk-prone countries in the world, but its population have learned to cope with a wide range of natural and human-made hazards. Rapid population growth, high densities, poverty and high differen...
- The implications of climate change on the poor in Africa cities
- I. Douglas; K. Alam; M. Maghenda / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or ...
- Analysis on the linkages between population dynamics, urban development and disaster risk reduction in Latin America
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012
- With both urban population and the frequency of disasters increasing in Latin America, it is necessary to adequately plan for sustainable growth that takes these changing dynamics into account. With this in mind, multiple agencies wit...
- Highlighting the link between gender and socially inclusive urban development programmes
- T.A. Pulley; S.I. Akand; S.N. Afroze / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- This report is the product of a sub-regional workshop on Gender and Urban Poverty in South Asia. The report highlights key gender issues in urban development and lessons learned from good practices that are achieving both gender equal...
- A Socio-economic Study of Informal Sector Workers of Dhaka City
- M Alam / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012
- Informal sector is a very important area of the economy for any developing country; it is a growing occupational sector for the less skilled people, living both in urban and rural areas. Considerable amount of employment are ensured b...
- Are we building competitive and liveable cities? Guidelines for developing eco-efficient and socially inclusive infrastructure
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2011
- This guideline jointly published by The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), i...
- How does construction affect disaster risk reduction?
- L. Bosher; A. Dainty / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2011
- This paper examines the role and position of the construction sector in addressing disaster risk reduction. It summarises some of the cross-cutting themes that emerge from a diverse body of literature that has considered various facet...
- The challenges to disaster risk reduction as expressed by stakeholders in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa
- A. Roth (ed); P. Becker (ed) / African Centre for Disaster Studies, 2011
- South Africa is a dynamic, developing country in a challenging transition as it struggles to protect life and health, property, infrastructure and the environment from disasters. It is generally accepted that prevention is better than...
- Exploring urbanisation, resource use and climate change adaptation
- D. Satterthwaite (ed) / Royal Society, 2011
- The increased pressures on the world’s natural resources and ecological systems in the past century, has been accompanied by rapid urban population growth. Urban centres themselves have ecological reputations since they drive un...
- The importance of urban management in mitigating disasters in India
- A. Revi (ed) / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- India is one of the more vulnerable and risk-prone countries in the world, but its population have learned to cope with a wide range of natural and human-made hazards. Rapid population growth, high densities, poverty and high differen...
- The implications of climate change on the poor in Africa cities
- I. Douglas; K. Alam; M. Maghenda / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or ...
- How can sustainable livelihoods approaches be more successfully applied to future development challenges?
- S. Turrall (ed) / Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011
- How are Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs) relevant to current and future development challenges? What has been learnt from the experience of using SLAs to date? This Sustainable Livelihoods Highlights Brief looks at a series o...
- Global Metropolitan Studies at the Institute of Urban & Regional Development, UC Berkeley
- The 21st century will be an urban century with more people around the world residing in metropolitan regions than in any other form of human settlement. This urbanization is taking place in both the global North and the global South. Its implications are widespread: from environmental challenges to entrenched patterns of segregation to new configurations of politics and social movements. The Globa...
- Instituto Javeriano de Vivienda y Urbanismo (The Institute for Housing and Urbanism), Colombia (INVAJIU)
- Colombian research institute working on problems of housing and urban poverty
- SHARAN
- Drug use and treatment in marginalised communities
