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  Cities, terrorism and urban wars

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2007

  This paper explores the link between terrorism and development. It addresses the complexities of defining terrorism and discusses acts of political violence in both a northern and southern context.
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  Habitat Debate Vol 13, No. 1: financing for the urban poor

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2007

  In Africa, Asia and Latin America the demand for shelter and basic services far outstrips supply, particularly in urban slums.
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  Business for sustainable urbanisation: challenges and opportunities

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2007

  2007 marks the beginning of a new urban era - for the first time, half of humanity will be living in towns and cities.
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  Urban livelihoods in Afghanistan

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2006

  Poor urban households in Afghanistan are excluded from the most basic services and are forced to live day-to-day on unreliable income flows in often health-threatening environments.
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  Urban renewal: at whose cost?

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007

  This brief article examines the draft housing policy of Maharashtra in India.
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  Reducing urban violence in developing countries

  Brookings Institution, 2006

  This brief presents an integrated framework for understanding urban violence. It is informed by the findings from participatory urban appraisals of violence undertaken in 18 poor urban communities in Colombia and Guatemala.The paper argues that evidence from Latin America challenges the popular stereotype that poverty is the main cause of violence.
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  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

  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.
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  Governance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor

  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 sanitation issues and the Millennium Development Goalsmisleading controversies over private versus public provision of water and sanitationthe principles of water governance and the dangers of promot
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  Ecological urbanization

  Human Settlements Programme, 2006

  This briefing paper explores the current debates on urban environmental and ecological issues.
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  The reality of water provision in urban Africa

  International Policy Network, 2006

  This paper examines water and sanitation delivery in urban settings in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper draws on examples from several African countries including Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Ivory Coast, and Tanzania.

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