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| Going Green |
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The housing sector is in a prime position to mitigate climate change and make environmentally-friendly cities. Going Green provides an overview of sustainable housing practices with a focus on "green" building materials and construction tec...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 50, Type of publication: Book
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| Sustainable Housing for Sustainable Cities |
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The concept of housing requires a new understanding to effectively address the pressing issues of slums, the urban divide, economic and human development, and climate change. No longer regarded as simply a roof over one's head, housing today plays a ...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 40, 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,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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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,
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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,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| GLTN Newsletter August 2010 |
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The Newsletter highlights the recent news, events and publications of the Global Land Tools Network.
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Year: 2010,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
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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,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Gendering Land Tools |
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This publication, from the Global Land Tool Network, presents a mechanism for effective inclusion of women and men in land tool development and outlines methodologies and strategies for systematically developing land tools that are responsive to bo...
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Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 48, Type of publication: Book
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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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| The Sustainable Cities Sri Lanka Programme 1999-2004 |
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The Government of Sri Lanka launched the Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) under the auspices of UN-HABITAT & UNDP in December 1999. The initial objective was to help three municipal councils located in the Greater Colombo Core Area to experimen...
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Year: 2006,
Number of pages: 36, Type of publication: Book
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| Guidelines for the Evaluation of Post Disaster Programmes |
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This report describes UNCHS (Habitat)’s operational activities with a page devoted to each ongoing project or programme. These reference sheets include: the total project or programme
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Year: 2001,
Number of pages: 129, Type of publication: Book
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| Guidelines for Operational Programme Formulation in Post Disaster Situations |
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This resource guide seeks to assist practitioners, local governments to meet the challenges of post disaster reconstruction with the best possible understanding of the different issues and tools for identifying and adopting workable strategies. By ...
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Year: 2001,
Number of pages: 97, Type of publication: Book
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