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| Seminar for Securing Land for the Urban Poor |
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This a report of the seminar held in Fukuoka, Japan in October 2001. The UN-HABITAT Fukuoka office in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) organized the seminar which looked into vari...
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Year: 2002,
Number of pages: 108, Type of publication: Book
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| Compressed earth blocks |
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The poster illustrates the main stages of production including sieving the soil, measuring and mixing of components, moulding, quality control, curing and stacking. It also includes guidelines on the proper building practices when using compressed ea...
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Year: 2001,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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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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| Ferro-cement channels |
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Ferro-cement, a layer of steel mesh (chicken mesh) embedded in mortar, is a durable, waterproof, versatile and economical solution that can be used for roofs. Despite its obvious advantages, ferro-cement is not used extensively in developing countrie...
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Year: 2001,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Dome construction |
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In many countries, people are depending on wood for roof construction. Yet, deforestation has raised the price of timber to a level that is unaffordable for the poor. Dome construction is an ancient woodless building technique that needs to be revive...
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Year: 2001,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Vault construction |
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Vault construction is an ancient building technique that can be revived especially in countries with scarcity of timber. However, as the shape of the vault is crucial for stability, construction of vault requires often stability studies and well-trai...
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Year: 2001,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Rammed earth construction |
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Rammed earth is a building technique where humid relatively sandy soil is rammed in layers between shutters made of metal or timber. It is often stabilized with cement or lime. It is a non-polluting energy-saving building material that lends itself f...
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Year: 2001,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Position Paper On Housing Rights |
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Outlines the basis for developing the United Nations Housing Rights Programme (UNHRP), a joint initiative of UNCHS (Habitat) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to address and implement relevant resolutions of the Commission on H...
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Year: 2000,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Reconstruction & Reconciliation |
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This video documentary has been produced on Post War Disaster Management in the following countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Rwanda and Somalia. Viewers are shown how cities that are reduced to rubble can be rebuilt through partnership. Thes...
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Year: 1999,
Video format:, Type of publication: Video
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| The lights of Luanda |
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This programme describes the community rehabilitation process after the civil war in Angola. It is a joint UNCHS/UNDP project to rebuild infrastructure and provincial government buildings.
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Year: 1999,
Video format:, Type of publication: Video
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| No Homes without Peace - No Peace without Homes |
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Traditionally, many women have been denied inheritance rights to land and property. This video makes a case for the urgent need to give women rights to land and property. By focusing on the case of a woman survivor of the Rwandese genocide, this prog...
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Year: 1998,
Video format:, Type of publication: Video
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| Women and Shelter Development - A compilation |
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This film is compiled from 9 short films from Bolivia, Colombia, Jordan, Rwanda Sri Lanka and Tanzania, dealing with women and shelter.
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Year: 1996,
Video format:, Type of publication: Video
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| Shelter Provision and Employment Generation |
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This thorough and wide-ranging study, published jointly by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) and the ILO, considers shelter provision as a means of meeting housing needs, generating employment and reducing poverty. It examines...
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Year: 1995,
Number of pages: 249, Type of publication: Book
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