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  Manual on the right to water and sanitation

  Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2007

  There is growing interest among water and sanitation policy makers and practitioners in the contributions of human rights approaches to efforts to extend access to water and sanitation to all. Many actors in the water and sanitation sectors are now aware of human rights-based approaches to development, but are unfamiliar with the precise content of human rights standards.
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  Starting a pro-poor public private partnership for a basic urban service

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  Pro-poor Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) can supply better basic services to poor communities in cities and towns. This report provides a guideline on how to start up a pro-poor PPP to deliver these service in an urban setting. It draws on concrete lessons and experiences. Four basic steps to setting up a PPP are provided:
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  PolicyLink

  This organisation focuses on issues of equitable development, housing, health and public expenditure and works in communities in part of the United States.
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  Forms of internal migration and combined effects on regional urban structure in the Yangtze river delta area in China

  The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2006

  This paper outlines the socioeconomic and demographic profile in the Yangtze river delta area (YRDA) in China. The author explores the gradual evolution of the urban structure in the area and how migration affects it. The paper also discusses the future development of the area.
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  Voices of the poor: synthesis and recommendations

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  Why do poor South Africans have a hard time accessing urban land? This report analyses the perspectives and experiences of civil society organisations (CSOs) whose aims are to increase the poor’s access to urban land. A wide range of issues are identified as obstacles to access to urban land, they include:
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  Gender equality in urban environmental management in selected south east Asian cities

  Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2007

  This compiled report deals with the gender issues in three sectors of Urban Environmental Management: water and sanitation, solid waste and air pollution in Southeast Asia. Authors provide articles on the gender situation in a number of southeast Asian cities. Key points from a selection of these include:
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  A methodology of selection: good practices on crime prevention through environmental design in Latin America

  Eldis Document Store, 2007

  Many Latin American countries continue to experience a high incidence of crime and violence, especially in urban areas. While policy makers have tended to focus more on arrest and punishment than on prevention, planners and architects have long recognized the connection between spatial design and safety.
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  Utility regulation: residential demand for water

  Business Administration Department, Sambalpur University, 2007

  Water utilities are under significant financial pressure as a result of increasing urbanization, deteriorating infrastructure, and increasingly stringent drinking water-quality regulations. In addition, recurring droughts and the difficulty of developing new sources of supply indicate that water is becoming scarce.
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  Time to articulate the right to water?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Target ten of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) seeks to halve the proportion of people without sustainable and safe access to water. Although attempts have been made to link the MDGs and human rights, promoting a right to water achieves little if institutions, norms and values remain unchanged.
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  Dhaka: improving living conditions for the urban poor

  World Bank Office, Dhaka, 2007

  Dhaka is the fastest growing mega-city in the world, attracting an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 mostly poor migrants a year. This paper argues that urgent measures are required to address the vital needs of the city's rapidly growing urban poor.

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