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| Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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In Papua New Guinea, as in many areas in the Pacific, urban populations are often located in hazard-prone areas in the coastal zone. Storm surges and sea-level rise can affect settlements, food production and infrastructure. A lack of basic services ...
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Year: 2014,
Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book
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| Sustainable Urbanization in Asia |
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Rapid urbanization -- together with climate change -- is emerging as the most challenging issue of the twenty-first century. As the region with the highest percentage increase in urban population over the last two decades, Asia faces fundamental econ...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book
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| Papua New Guinea: National Urban Profile |
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The Papua New Guinea Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book
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| Turning Around the Tsunami |
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N-HABITAT Working in Partnership with Sri Lanka Description/Abstract: After the tsunami hit Sri Lanka in December 2004, UN-Habitat has taken a lead role in the shelter recovery and rehabilitation efforts in partnership with the Government of Sri Lank...
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Year: 2011,
Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book
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| Affordable Land and Housing in Asia |
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In the vast majority of countries land and housing affordability is a critical contemporary challenge. While in different countries and regions the specificities of the challenge vary, the universal truism is that it is becoming increasing difficult ...
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Year: 2011,
Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book
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| Innovative Approaches for Involuntary Resettlement |
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In Sri Lanka today, as in many other developing countries, there is a growing urgency to come up with creative and sustainable solutions to tackle the twin pressures of infrastructure needs and the interests of communities who are affected by such ...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 55, Type of publication: Book
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| Local Actions for Sustainable Development |
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This publication is aimed at supporting the country Governments of the Asian region in achieving the MDG relating to Water and Sanitation by sharing solutions which can be easily replicated, scaled up and sustainable besides being cost effective an...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 227, Type of publication: Book
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