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Serie de Análisis sobre la ley, la tenencia de la tierra y el género: América Latina  
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Los señalamientos y la presentación del material de esta publicación no implican la expresión de opinión alguna por parte del Secretariado de las Naciones Unidas con respecto al estatus legal de ningún país, territorio, ciudad o área, ni de sus ha...

Year: 2005, Number of pages: 390, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
SUDP-Newsletter – 1st Edition – October 2005  
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It introduces the Somalia Urban Development Programme and two of its main components: urban management, urban governance. Articles focus on the Good Local Governance and Leadership Programme (GLTP), concluded in 2005,...
Year: 2005, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Habitat Debate Vol.11 No. 2, Fighting urban inequities  
View Details Hundreds of millions of people living in cities around the world have no roof over heads,
nowhere to turn for help, no access to health services, education, clean water or
sanitation, and no rights. Because of their plight, most homeless pe...
Year: 2005, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Displaced people’s rights to the city: Planning for Slum Prevention – Strategies for Somali Cities  
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It gives general background on the Somali urban situation and on the contemporary rural-to-urban migration. It illustrates the UN-HABITAT approach in finding sustainable solutions for the reintegration of displace...
Year: 2005, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Shared Tenure Options for Women  
View Details Security of Tenure is one of the cornerstones of Millennium Development Goal 7 on the improvement of the lives of slum dwellers, and is the main focus of the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure

In most countries, a range of land rights and tenure ty...

Year: 2005, Number of pages: 92, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Situation Analysis of informal settlements in Kisumu  
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The Situation Analysis is a collaborative effort between the Municipal Council of Kisumu (MCK), Government of Kenya (GoK) and the United Nation Human Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT). It aims at determining the state of the slums within Kisumu mu...

Year: 2005, Number of pages: 91, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Law, Land Tenure and Gender Review: Southern Africa  
View Details This set of four reviews provides a broad overview of the national and local legal framework related to land, housing, inheritance and marital property rights in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. This includes a description of relevant policie...
Year: 2005, Number of pages: 336, Type of publication: Book
Law, Land Tenure and Gender Review: Latin America  
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This set of four reviews provides a broad overview of the national and local legal framework related to land, housing, inheritance and marital property rights in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Nicaragua. This includes a description of relevant poli...

Year: 2005, Number of pages: 390, Type of publication: Book
National Housing Rights Legislation  
View Details This compilation contains constitutional clauses with respect to housing rights. It also contains the full texts or excerpts of selected legislation related to housing from several States -- representing a variety of legal, political, economic and cu...
Year: 2005, Number of pages: 0, Type of publication: Book
Pro Poor Land Management: Integrating Slums into City Planning Approaches  
View Details This publication on Pro Poor Land Management is based on the Handbook on Best Practices, Security of Tenure and Access to Land. It briefly describes recent innovations at the global level in the field of pro poor land management. It shows how governm...
Year: 2004, Number of pages: 33, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Land for all  
View Details UN-HABITAT has been working with slums since its inception. We too, don’t claim to have a magic formula. We are learning every day. We are learning with every project. We have made errors and we have had great successes. We have built up a body of kn...
Year: 2004, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Mejoramientos de asentamientos precarios: condiciones para el desarrollo de programas de amplia escala en América Central  
View Details Mejoramientos de asentamientos precarios: condiciones para el desarrollo de programas de amplia escala en Am鲩ca Central
Year: 2004, Number of pages: 161, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Information brochure on the Housing Policy and Development Section  
View Details A brief information pamphlet outlining the mandate, objectives and activities of the Housing Policy and Development Section.
Year: 2004, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Information brochure for the book launch and panel discussion on Rental housing: An essential option for the urban poor in developing countries  
View Details A brief information pamphlet outlining introduction and objectives of a panel discussion on Rental housing: An essential option for the urban poor in developing countries.
Year: 2004, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Overview of Construction Technology Trends: Energy-Efficiency in Construction  
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In the closing decade of this century, as the world strives for a better quality of life, millions of poor are fighting for life itself. Already more than 600 million people in cities and towns throughout the world are homeless or live in dilapida...

Year: 2004, Number of pages: 58, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urbanização de Assentamentos Informais e Regularização Fundiária na América Latina  
View Details This publication describes the importance of the Latin American experiences on human settlements urbanization and security tenure issues. It also explains the relevance of these issues to elaborate human settlements policies in order to ensure better...
Year: 2004, Number of pages: 43, Type of publication: Book
Habitat Debate Vol. 9, No. 4, Land in an urbanising world  
View Details Equitable land management is an extremely complex problem around the world.Subject to countless legal, administrative, cultural and religious practices, it is something that has to be addressed by taking in a number of factors simultaneously.
Year: 2003, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
UNHRP Working Paper No. 1: Monitoring housing rights: Developing a set of indicators to monitor the full and progressive realisation of the human right to adequate housing  
View Details This background paper for the 2003 expert group meeting on housing rights monitoring presents a framework for the development of a set of housing rights indicators. A set of 6 housing rights elements and 17 housing rights indicators is proposed in th...
Year: 2003, Number of pages: 77, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Building materials and construction technologies: Annotated UN-HABITAT bibliography  
View Details Summary of existing UN-HABITAT publications, reports and other documents on building materials and construction technologies. Provides readers with an overview of work undertaken by UN-HABITAT in these fields during the last two decades. Provides a g...
Year: 2003, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Rental Housing: An essential option for the urban poor in developing countries  
View Details Demonstrates that most arguments leading to the current bias against rental housing are highly flawed. Argues for more tenure-neutral housing policies, and urges governments to modify regulatory frameworks, develop credit programmes and other forms o...
Year: 2003, Number of pages: 251, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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