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State of the World's Cities 2010/2011 - Cities for All: Bridging the Urban Divide  
View Details The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban infrastructure?

Following on from previous St...

Year: 2010, Number of pages: 224, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
5 Temas Selectos del Hábitat Latinoamericano  
View Details The publication presents five experiences about housing, local economic development, management of solid waste in Latin American Countries, youth and citizen participation in five cities of Latin America. Each text was written by a representative o...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 120, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 - Harmonious Cities  
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Half of humanity now lives in cities, and within two decades, nearly 60 per cent of the world’s people will be urban dwellers. Urban growth is most rapid in the developing world, where cities gain an average of 5 million residents every month. As ...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 224, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the World’s Cities 2006/2007  
View Details It is generally assumed that urban populations are healthier, more literate and more prosperous than rural populations. However, UN-HABITAT’s State of the World’s Cities Report 2006/7 has broken new ground by showing that the urban poor suffer from a...
Year: 2006, Number of pages: 204, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the World’s Cities 2004/2005 - Globalization and Urban Culture  
View Details The State of the World’s Cities 2004/2005 charts the progress and the challenges we face in this rapidly urbanising world. With contributions from some of the world’s leading urban scholars, writers and experts, this report carries extensive examples...
Year: 2004, Number of pages: 193, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Handbook on Best Practices, Security of Tenure and Access to Land - Implementation of the Habitat Agenda  
View Details This handbook identifies recent innovations at the global level in the field of land management and pinpoints land tenure trends. It shows how governments, including local government and other stakeholders, are coming to grips with implementing the...
Year: 2003, Number of pages: 110, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
The State of the World’s Cities Report 2001  
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This is the premier edition of State of World Cities, now a biennual flagship publication of UN-HABITAT. With a foreword by UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan and an introduction by UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, the publication ...

Year: 2001, Number of pages: 125, Type of publication: Book
Innovative and Effective Approaches to Housing  
View Details This booklet is intended as guides to UNCHS (Habitat)’s Best Practices Database. It aims to help local policy makers learn about innovative approaches to housing, technology tools and methods, that have proved successful in urban areas around the g...
Year: 1999, Number of pages: 91, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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