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The escalation of violence which led to the take over of Mosul by ISIL fighters in early June 2014 caused the movement of over 3 million Iraqi to neighbouring governorates and central and south Iraq. Over 275,000 people from Sinjar are estimated to be currently living in IDP camps,unfinished buildings and rented accommodation in the
Quito, 22 December 2015 – Earlier this month, the jury of the sixth edition of the national competition “Best Practices in Local Management” rewarded initiatives in Environment and Sanitation, Public Management, Social Policies and Productive Development category, in the Eugenio Espejo Convention Center, in Quito. In the Public Management category, the first place went to
Baghdad, 22 December 2015, – On the occasion of the World Human Rights Month , UN-Habitat published its latest report focusing on Housing, Land and Property issues in the Yazidi community’s area in Iraq. The findings of the report were presented earlier this month in Beirut in a joint collaboration with the regional Office of
Cairo, 21 December 2015 –The first Arab Ministerial Forum for Housing and Urban Development (AMFHUD) which was launched yesterday has brought together 15 high level ministerial delegations, representatives of national and regional organisations, private sector as well as civil society from the region. The forum is organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities and
En el año 2012, ONU-Habitat presentó al mundo un nuevo enfoque para medir el progreso actual y future de las ciudades: la Iniciativa de Ciudades Prósperas. Este enfoque busca resolver las formas ineficientes, insostenibles y disfunctionales con que fueron planificadas muchas ciudades del siglo pasado, orientando cambios transformadores en ellas a través de un marco
En el año 2012, ONU-Habitat presentó al mundo un nuevo enfoque para medir el progreso actual y future de las ciudades: la Iniciativa de Ciudades Prósperas. Este enfoque busca resolver las formas ineficientes, insostenibles y disfunctionales con que fueron planificadas muchas ciudades del siglo pasado, orientando cambios transformadores en ellas a través de un marco
(Deutsch) 04 Dec 2015, COP-21 in Paris: We are delighted to announce that the Guiding Principles are now live available for download. Please join us today 04 December 2015 from 10 to 11 am (UTC+1) for the Launch of the Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning at the COP-21 venue,
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(Deutsch) Chris Jefferies, Urban Drainage System Expert, in this lecture addresses the need to reduce the impact of city development of flooding on residents and in other places, and the worsening of the water quality in streams, rivers and lakes caused by the expansion of cities.
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This lecture addresses the need to reduce the impact of city development of flooding...
(Deutsch) In this lecture Peter Ward from The University of Texas at Austin presents data drawn from a nine-country/eleven city collaborative study that examines self-built housing in old established low-income neighborhoods formed 25-40 years ago.
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Peter Ward in thus lecture brings up the issues of:
1) How to address the often forgotten needs for in-situ rehabilitation of the physical structure and...
(Deutsch) In this lecture Marja Hoek Smit argues that housing finance is critical to solve the housing problem, increasing, as it does, the number of households that can afford to acquire a house in the formal market, which in turn will make large scale development of middle and lower middle income housing possible.
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In this lecture Marja Hoek Smit argues...
