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| 18 Poster Do’s and Don’ts of Financing Slum Upgrading |
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Ensure that financing for slum upgrading is recognised as a priority within national development planning and as a key investment element contributing to economic growth. This emphasis should be reflected in a slum upgrading budget line within nation...
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Year: 2008,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| The Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) Handbook |
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This Handbook provides new thinking about how to pay for improvements to existing underserved lowincome neighborhoods, and how to pay for appropriate new low-income residential neighborhoods. Both require dedicated and assigned land, paved access, st...
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Year: 2006,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Somaliland Urban Sector Priorities |
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The brochure illustrates the urban development priorities highlighted by the participants during the Somaliland Urban Forum, held in April 2005. The Municipalities of Berbera, Boroma, Burao, Erigavo, Gebiley, Hargeisa and Sheikh participated in the m...
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Year: 2006,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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