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Urban renewal: at whose cost?
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007This brief article examines the draft housing policy of Maharashtra in India.DocumentBuilding 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
Human Settlements Programme, 2006This 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.DocumentLiving below the line: sustainability and the houses of the ultra poor
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005The ultra poor communities in Bangladesh seemingly live in the most basic form of shelter. A closer look however, reveals that the building practices of these people address sustainability, affordability and a host of socio cultural and environmental issues with deeper concern and wisdom than is apparent.DocumentCustomary land delivery practices in African urban areas
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Urban poor people in sub-Saharan Africa, often excluded from formal systems of land management, increasingly obtain shelter through other means. Informal systems to deliver land in cities borrow features from rural customs.Documentid21 viewpoint - World Summit on the Information Society: what did it achieve for ICTs and Development? What d
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester reflects on the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Four stories dominated WSIS:DocumentWhat to do with public rental housing?: challenges and options
2004The term “Public Rental Housing” (PRH) refers to housing owned by the State, which usually rents it at subsidized prices and looks after its maintenance and administration.DocumentCity kids: responding to children’s rights
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Hundreds of millions of the world’s urban children live in deepest poverty. They lack secure homes, access to basic services and education, and are often exposed to violence and exploitation. Their prospects are damaged and their rights contravened by preventable conditions that undermine their health and development.DocumentThe reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.DocumentPutting access on the agenda: ensuring mobility for people with disabilities
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Whilst developed countries have made progress in making transport services more accessible for people with disabilities, developing countries have lagged behind. However, the human rights approach to disability – seeing every citizen as entitled to be included in social and economic opportunities – is slowly gaining acceptance.DocumentHousing mobilization in Calcutta: empowerment for the masses or awareness for the few?
Norwegian Network for Asian Studies / Asianettverket, University of Oslo, 2004[No longer available online: published in Environment and Urbanization, 1 April 2004, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 129-137(9)]This paper describes the evolution of the Calcutta NGO Unnayan and the two related movements which it initiated and supported, Chhinnamul and the National Campaign for Housing Rights (NCHR).Pages