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From Chaos to Hope  
View Details As in many developing countries, the people of Dar es Salaam lived in a city which was on the edge of chaos. However, new ways of urban planning are helping the city and its citizens to move from chaos to hope. By encouraging partnerships with the pr...
Year: 1995, Video format:, Type of publication: Video
Shelter, Employment and the Urban Poor  
View Details Local and national Governments -- and of international development programmes -- must therefore be to actively support and advocate poverty-reduction strategies based on labour-intensive shelter delivery using local resources and linking the goals of...
Year: 1995, Number of pages: 3, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Strategies for the provision of facilities services and housing improvements in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia  
View Details Strategies for the provision of facilities services and housing improvements in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia
Year: 1993, Number of pages: 53, Type of publication: Book
National Trends in Housing-production Practices. Volume 3: Mexico  
View Details Provides an overview of recent policies, actors and experiences in the housing production process in Mexico. Includes a discussion of the scale and scope of the shelter problem. Identifies problems encountered and lessons learned during the process o...
Year: 1993, Number of pages: 53, Type of publication: Book
Development of National Technological Capacity for Environmentally Sound Construction  
View Details As part of its efforts to promote sustainable construction industry within the framework of Agenda, UN-HABITAT jointly organized with UNIDO the First Consultation on Construction Industry held in Tunisia in May 1993. This publication consolidates the...
Year: 1993, Number of pages: 91, Type of publication: Book
Evaluación de las políticas nacionales del suelo e instrumentos para mejorar el acceso y el uso de la tierra Urbana  
View Details Evaluación de las políticas nacionales del suelo e instrumentos para mejorar el acceso y el uso de la tierra Urbana
Year: 1993, Number of pages: 123, Type of publication: Book
National Trends in Housing-Production Practices. Volume 2: Indonesia  
View Details Provides an overview of recent policies, actors and experiences in the housing production process in Indonesia. Includes a discussion of the scale and scope of the shelter problem. Identifies problems encountered and lessons learned during the proces...
Year: 1993, Number of pages: 64, Type of publication: Book
Report of the International Workshop on Building Maintenance Strategy  
View Details A summary of international workshop whose main objective is to assist the participating countries in formulating country-specdic strategies to tackle the current problems of and constraints to building maintenance and finally to improve current maint...
Year: 1991, Number of pages: 22, Type of publication: Book
Development of National Technological Capacity for Production of Indigenous Building Materials  
View Details Analyses the causes of current technology shortcomings of the building-materials industry and outlines the framework of a possible strategy for indigenous capacity-building in the building-materials sector. States that technological capacity-building...
Year: 1991, Number of pages: 83, Type of publication: Book
Un Logement Pour Tous  
View Details Un Logement Pour Tous
Year: 1990, Number of pages: 33, Type of publication: Book
National Design Handbook Prototype On Passive Solar Heating And Natural Cooling Of Buildings  
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In line with the recommendations on energy of HABITAT: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) has been actively promoting energy conservation and the more efficient use of energy i...

Year: 1989, Number of pages: 162, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Strategies For Low Income Shelter And Services Development: The Rental-housing Option  
View Details Summarizes what is known and needs to be known about the demand for and supply of rental housing. It makes some suggestions about rental housing policy, about the feasibility of improving the quality and increasing the stock of rental accommodation, ...
Year: 1989, Number of pages: 45, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Manuel de vérification des bilans énergétiques destinés à la gestion des bâtiments  
View Details Deals with the necessity of energy conservation in developing countries as they become industralized and their populations grow - the need for increasing amounts of energy places a heavy burden on energy-supply systems. Primarily addresses house-owne...
Year: 1988, Number of pages: 59, Type of publication: Book
Energy Conservation In The Production And Maintenance Of Buildings, Vol. 1: Use Of Solar Energy And Natural Cooling In The Design Of Buildings For Developing Countries  
View Details Emphasizes the possibilities of using renewable sources of energy instead of conventional fuels to heat buildings in the cool season and to heat them in the hot season through the proper design and construction of buildings.
Year: 1988, Number of pages: 58, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Case Studies On Measures For Energy-efficient Shelter And Infrastructure  
View Details Focuses on the use of solar heating and natural cooling techniques for buildings and infrastructure. Considers natural, renewable sources of energy, energy-conservation measures and bio-climatic design principles.
Year: 1986, Number of pages: 78, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
The Use of Selected Indigenous Building Materials with Potential for Wide Application in Developing Countries  
View Details Examines the factors that hamper the production and use of selected indigenous building materials in developing countries, and identifies measures which can be undertaken to expand their use; provides decision-makers with a basis to undertake reforms...
Year: 1985, Number of pages: 70, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
The rehabilitation of existing housing stock Report of the expert group meeting on human settlements management, with special reference to the rehabilitation of existing housing stock, New Delhi, 1-8 February 1982  
View Details Examines the rationale and strategies and mechanisms for the rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. It also provides a series of recommendations at the local, national and international levels
Year: 1982, Number of pages: 46, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Human Settlements Management, with Special Reference to Rehabilitation of Existing Housing Stock  
View Details Examines the rationale and strategies and mechanisms for the rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. It also provides a series of recommendations at the local, national and international levels.
Year: 1982, Number of pages: 46, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Upgrading of Urban Slums and Squatter Areas  
View Details Based on the report submitted to the third session of the Commission on Human Settlements.
Year: 1981, Number of pages: 39, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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