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Leaving No One Behind

Humanitarian Effectiveness in the Age of the Sustainable Development Goals

Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: December 2015, PDF: June 2016 )

This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...

This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...


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Integrating Geology in Urban Planning

Series: Atlas of Urban Geology
( Print: June 2002 )

The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at encouraging governments to make more...

The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at encouraging governments to make more...


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Urban Geology and the Impact on Our Lives

Samples from Daily Life in Bangkok

Series: Atlas of Urban Geology
( Print: June 2002 )

The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at inducing central and local governments...

The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at inducing central and local governments...


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Breaking the Impasse

Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement as a Collective Outcome

Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: September 2017, PDF: August 2017 )

The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...

The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...


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Ground beneath Our Feet, The

A Factor in Urban Planning

Series: Atlas of Urban Geology
( Print: June 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

The status of urban geology in more than 25 member countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is reviewed in this series, which discusses the application of geology to...

The status of urban geology in more than 25 member countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is reviewed in this series, which discusses the application of geology to...


Urban Geology in Asia and the Pacific Region

Series: Atlas of Urban Geology
( Print: July 2000 )

As early as 1985, in view of the fast-growing economies and populations of the Asia and the Pacific region, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific became aware of the need to...

As early as 1985, in view of the fast-growing economies and populations of the Asia and the Pacific region, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific became aware of the need to...