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Streets as Tools for Urban Transformation in Slums  
View Details Historically, governments have implemented slum upgrading projects and programmes of varying scale and scope.  Despite the wealth of experience and knowledge, the growth of slums and the multiplication of informal settlements are only getting worse...
Year: 2014, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Making Carbon Markets Work for Your City: A Guide for Cities in Developing Countries  
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There are a number of key areas of local government competencies that city officials may want to target when implementing carbon trading projects; including town and urban planning, infrastructure development, service provision, waste manageme...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 70, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Training for better cities  
View Details Training for better cities is a UN-Habitat practice note exploring the role of training in capacity development. While training continues to be a frequent activity it has over the last years become evident that these investments often are not very ef...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 54, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Training Needs Assessment and Training Outcome Evaluation  
View Details Assessing training needs and evaluating the outcomes of training are crucial, both for training providers and recipients of training, to ensure that training is effective and resources are wisely used. Despite the importance of assessment and evaluat...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 72, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Sustainable Urban Energy  
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For cities to confront the challenges of fossil fuel depletion, increasing energy costs and rapid climate change, it is inevitable to develop and implement urban energy management solutions for their sustainable future. This publication is a train...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 204, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Improving Gender Equality and Grassroots Participation through Good Land Governance  
View Details This training package provides an introduction to the important, complex, and sometimes daunting theme of improving land governance as a means to enhance gender equality and grassroots participation in land matters. This training package is designed ...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 146, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective  
View Details It cannot be assumed that women and men benefit in the same way from initiatives in the land sector. Depending on the political, economic and cultural context, it is often women, and particularly poor women, who face significant barriers in obtaining...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Islamic Principles and Land  
View Details This booklet arises from GLTN's work on Islamic dimensions of land which began in 2004 with the commissioning of research leading to Sait and Lim's "Land, Law and Islam: Property and Human Rights in the Muslim World" (London: Zed Press/UN-H...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Planning Manual for Somaliland  
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This planning manual, which is targeted at planners and technicians in Somaliland (north-west Somalia) explains basic urban planning and details six crucial steps in the urban planning cycle.

The Urban Planning Manual for Somaliland defines...

Year: 2010, Number of pages: 66, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Financing Urban Development around Lake Victoria  
View Details The publication is a toolkit specifically prepared to help local authorities raise internal and external resources to finance implementation of priority projects and programmes. It provides useful steps, skills and resources to aid the process of f...
Year: 2009, Number of pages: 64, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Burao Profile - first steps towards strategic planning  
View Details The publication draws on the results of participative workshops such as the Burao City Profile and the Burao City Consultation and offers local and international agencies, donors and in particular local communities and civil society stakeholders the ...
Year: 2009, Number of pages: 46, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Le Budget Participatif en Afrique – Manuel de formation pour les pays francophone  
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Le budget participatif apparaît de plus en plus comme une rénovation des pratiques d’administration municipale propre à promouvoir les principes de bonne gouvernance urbaine. De fait, le budget participatif peut procurer bien des avantages
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Year: 2008, Number of pages: 86, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Gender in Local Government: A Sourcebook for Trainers (Portuguese)  
View Details Good local governance cannot exist without giving due attention to gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN-HABITAT has therefore made great efforts to mainstream gender both internally and in its work with partners. The Training and Capacit...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 149, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Capacitação de ONGs/OCs em Alcance Organizacional  
View Details Esta série de manuais de treinamento, concebida para melhorar a gestão e a
eficiência operacional em geral de organizações não-governamentais e comunitárias,
coincide com o lançamento da Campanha Global de Governança Urbana do Centro
d...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 58, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Capacitação de ONGs/OCs em Alcance Organizacional  
View Details As ferramentas a seguir foram concebidas para sugerir idéias a dois públicos
diferentes. O primeiro é formado por pessoas que gostariam de conduzir diversos
tipos de treinamento para ajudar outras a aprender sobre capacitação em Alcance
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
How to Establish an Effective Land Sector  
View Details This guide presents a general overview on institutional harmonisation processes, i.e. the various factors and tools included in fostering institutional harmonisation in a sector. The experiences informing this document mainly result from the tacit ...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 25, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Berbera Profile  
View Details This booklet outlines the basic steps taken towards effective and integrated urban development in the city of Berbera in the northern Somali region (Somaliland). It discusses the tools and processes used – such as a city profile, a city consultation,...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Promouvoir le développement économique local par la planification stratégique.  
View Details Sans des institutions locales fortes et un personnel motivé, la réforme de la décentralisation et des établissements humains ne donnera pas les résultats escomptés en matière de développement. Pourtant beaucoup d’autorités locales et d’organisa...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 41, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Promovendo o Desenvolvimento Econômico Local através do Planejamento Estratégico  
View Details Este manual é o primeiro volume da série Promovendo o Desenvolvimento Econômico Local (DEL) através de Planejamento Estratégico. A série está dividida em Volume 1 – Guia Rápido, Volume 2 - Manual, Volume 3 – Conjunto de Ferramentas, e Volume 4 – Guia...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 39, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Le Budget Participatif en Afrique – Manuel de formation pour les pays francophone - Volume II Methodes et Approches  
View Details Manuel de formation pour les pays francophone
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 81, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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