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| Safer Cities: City Changer Toolkit |
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'I'm a City Changer' is the awareness-raising initiative of World Urban Campaign. It is about:
• Positive urban development
• Solutions to urban challenges
• Giving voice to cities and people to change our urban future.
The Global Network...
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Year: 2014,
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| City Resilience Profiling Programme: 2014 Brochure |
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As the main UN Agency responsible for ensuring the sustainable development of cities, towns, and other human settlements, UN-Habitat is strategically placed to coordinate the humanitarian and development efforts of multiple actors and policy makers a...
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Year: 2014,
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| Women in Post-Conflict Settlement Planning |
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Ten principles can be followed to produce the sort of equal post-conflict
settlement planning that can help to build communities that have a better basis of
becoming peaceful and sustainable. These are:
1. Gender factors should be integrated in po...
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Year: 2014,
Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book
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| Focus on Mozambique |
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The aim of this publication is to present UN-Habitat's activities in Mozambique for reducing the vulnerability of local population living in disaster-prone areas which have been implemented since 2002. Particular attention is given to innovative arch...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 50, Type of publication: Book
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| Cities Resilience Profiling Programme Brochure |
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Cities are safer places to live and work as urban managers are able to implement strategic development planning and programmes that target speci!c indicators of resilience to multi-hazard catastrophic events.
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Year: 2012,
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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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| Land and Property: UN-HABITAT in Disaster and Conflict Contexts |
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This document provides an overview of the land issues that arise after natural disasters and conflicts take place. It also summarises the mechanisms available to mainstream land issues in humanitarian response efforts.
Other brochures in human ...
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Year: 2011,
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| Settlement Planning: UN-HABITAT in disaster and conflict contexts |
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After a disaster, cities face a massive influx of displaced people and relief actors; breakdown of services; weakened institutions; and destruction of infrastructure and buildings.
This brochure provides an overview of the importance of post-cr...
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Year: 2011,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Shelter and Housing: UN-HABITAT In disaster and conflict contexts |
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Housing reconstruction enables people to rebuild their lives and their communities. Following a disaster, houses are the most prolific area of destruction. This brochure provides an overview of the issues surrounding reconstruction and the approaches...
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Year: 2011,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Urban Humanitarian Crisis: UN-HABITAT In disaster and conflict contexts |
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With global urbanisation more crises are occurring in cities. There is an increasing recognition that preventing and responding to urban crises is fundamentally different from rural contexts.
This brochure introduces the issues that ought to be...
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Year: 2011,
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| Introductory Handbook on Policing Urban Space |
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The overall objective of this Handbook is to outline the new, innovative techniques and to explain how they have been applied to address crime problems in low- and middle-income countries. The various programmes, policies and approaches described her...
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Year: 2011,
Number of pages: 110, Type of publication: Book
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| Lebanon Urban Profile - October 2011 |
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This report has been prepared to serve as a background document for the first report on the State of the Arab Cities to be published by the UN-HABITAT, the Arab League and the Arab Town Organization.
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Year: 2011,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Libro Blanco de la seguridad y la convivencia de Medellín |
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El Libra Blanco de la Seguridad y la Convivencia de Medellín es una herramienta de gobernanza mediante la cual se pretende identificar las problemáticas sociales e institucionales que inciden en el aumento de los índices de violencia. De igual manera...
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Year: 2011,
Number of pages: 196, Type of publication: Book
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| Land and Natural Disasters: Guidance for Practitioners |
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The Guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases. It is targeted at humanitarians and land professionals, as well as government ...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 140, Type of publication: Book
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| SORSOGON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT |
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The Sorsogon Climate Change Assessment examines the climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation capacity of a small coastal city in the Philippines - Sorsogon City in the Bicol Region. The assessment uses a participatory Vulnerability and Ad...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book
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| University for PEACE: MA in Sustainable Urban Governance and Peace |
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The new partnership with the University for Peace (UPEACE) in San José, Costa Rica will promote a new MA in Sustainable Urban Governance and Peace in the coming academic year. UN-HABITAT will support the programme by helping shape content, sending ...
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Year: 2010,
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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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| BULLETIN FONCIER No 5 Annee 2010 |
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Gérer et prévernir les conflits fanciers pour un retour durable des deplaces et des refugies dans l’est de la RDC
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Year: 2010,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Lebanon Updates: December 2009, Issue 8 |
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In this issue: UN-HABITAT Wraps Up Post-Conflict Recovery Interventions in NBC Adjacent Area; Italian Contribution to Improve Municipal Governance in Lebanon; UN-HABITAT Releases a New Publication on Municipal Servic...
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Aceh Nias Settlement & Housing Recovery |
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This book aims to be a resource for future evaluations and policy making. The evaluation focuses on two key questions: what were the success factors in achieving housing in the particular context of the reconstruction in Aceh and Nias; and what can b...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 308, Type of publication: Book
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| World Urban Forum 4 Brochure |
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The Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum held in Nanjing, China from 3-6 November 2008 drew nearly 8,000 participants from 146 countries. The Forum, held every two years, is now established as the world’s premier conference on cities.
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Year: 2009,
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| Interlocking Stabilised Soil Blocks |
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Interlocking Stabilised Soil Block (ISSB) technology has been gaining recognition, particularly in East Africa. This material and method of construction has the advantages of low cost and minimal environmental impact, while providing comparable qua...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 50, Type of publication: Book
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| Lebanon Updates: May 2009, Issue 6 |
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Thousands of people with physical disabilities are unable to access new buildings being reconstructed in Southern Lebanon, according to a new report released here. Assessments conducted by UN-HABITAT in cooperation with technical offices in the union...
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Monthly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Lebanon Updates: August 2009, Issue 7 |
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In this issue: UN-HABITAT Wraps Up Post-Conflict Recovery Interventions in NBC Adjacent Area; Italian Contribution to Improve Municipal Governance in Lebanon; UN-HABITAT Releases a New Publication on Municipal Servic...
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Lebanon Updates - Issue 5, February, 2009 |
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In cooperation with the Municipality of Muhammara, UNHABITAT held on November 17, 2008 a public meeting in order to launch the project “Integrated Approach for the Rehabilitation of NBC Adjacent Area”.
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| UN-HABITAT in the Somali Region |
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From April 2004 to September 2008, UN-HABITAT implemented the Urban Development Programme for the Somali Region (SUDP). The SUDP has expanded the agency’s long-established reconstruction, capacity building, and urban development activities to all maj...
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Year: 2009,
Periodicity: Monthly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Espacio Publico Y Derecho A La Ciudad |
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La generación, administración, utilización, mantenimiento, recuperación, conservaci ón y protección del espacio público físico es un aspecto clave en la calidad de vida de los habitantes de una ciudad y, por tanto, de la gobernabilidad de ésta. La ...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 204, Type of publication: Book
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| National Strategy on Urban Crime Prevention in Tanzania |
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In 2007 Tanzania committed to the development of a national strategy on urban crime prevention. The National Strategy on Urban Crime Prevention in Tanzania is the culmination of 10 years of work on safety in Tanzania. Through this strategy the Govern...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 28, Type of publication: Book
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| Environment and Urbanization |
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This paper summarizes the outcome of an international conference on addressing the issue of urban youth in conflict with the law in Africa. It discusses the most effective responses to youth crime and violence which centre on prevention and inclusion...
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Year: 2008,
Number of pages: 12, Type of publication: Book
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| Lebanon Updates - Volume 1, Issue 2 May, 2008 |
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UN-HABITAT is implementing a two-year reconstruction project in Southern Lebanon targeting around 4,000 families whose houses were totally destroyed as a result of July war 2006.
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Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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| Lebanon Updates - Volume 1, Issue 3 August, 2008 |
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As part of EURO 500,000 grants provided by CyprusAid, UN-HABITAT has signed in May 2008 special cooperation agreements with the Union of Municipalities of Tyre, Bint Jbeil, and Jabal Amel to provide USD 10,000 for urgently needed community projects i...
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Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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