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The State of the World's Cities Report 2006-2007
The Millennium Development Goals and Urban Sustainability - 30 Years of Shaping the Habitat Agenda
Although poverty remains a primarily rural phenomenon, urban poverty is becoming a severe, pervasive – and largely unacknowledged feature of urban life. The findings in this report show how...
Although poverty remains a primarily rural phenomenon, urban poverty is becoming a severe, pervasive – and largely unacknowledged feature of urban life. The findings in this report show how...
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State of the World's Cities 2008-2009
Harmonious Cities
The 21st century is the Century of the City. Cities contain both order and chaos. How can city planners and policymakers harmonize the various interests, diversity and inherent contradictions within...
The 21st century is the Century of the City. Cities contain both order and chaos. How can city planners and policymakers harmonize the various interests, diversity and inherent contradictions within...
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Urban and Rural Areas 2005 (Wall Chart)
Series: Population Studies
( Print: March 2007
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According to the latest United Nations population projections, 4.9 billion people are expected to be urban-dwellers in 2030. Although the world is urbanizing rapidly, the number of rural-dwellers is...
According to the latest United Nations population projections, 4.9 billion people are expected to be urban-dwellers in 2030. Although the world is urbanizing rapidly, the number of rural-dwellers is...
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Desarrollo Urbano e Inversiones en Infraestructura
Elementos para la Toma de Decisiones
Series: Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura
( Print: July 2006
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Los países de la región latinoamericana viven actualmente en un contexto de crecientes exigencias que derivan de los procesos de integración económica y territorial, globalización e incremento de la...
Los países de la región latinoamericana viven actualmente en un contexto de crecientes exigencias que derivan de los procesos de integración económica y territorial, globalización e incremento de la...
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Femmes Autochtones et le Système des Nations Unies, Les
Bonnes pratiques et expériences acquises
Cette publication présente des études de cas des pays d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Amérique latine. Elles montrent combien il est important de renforcer les initiatives locales en favorisant...
Cette publication présente des études de cas des pays d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Amérique latine. Elles montrent combien il est important de renforcer les initiatives locales en favorisant...
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Previniendo la Informalidad Urbana en América Latina y el Caribe
Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: August 2006
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Muy pocos países latinoamericanos han implementado políticas tendientes a mejorar el acceso al suelo de forma legal por parte de la población pobre urbana. Este trabajo expone las posibilidades...
Muy pocos países latinoamericanos han implementado políticas tendientes a mejorar el acceso al suelo de forma legal por parte de la población pobre urbana. Este trabajo expone las posibilidades...
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Sistema Municipal y la Superación de la Pobreza y Precariedad Urbana en Uruguay, El
Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: September 2006
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El objetivo principal del presente documento es identificar las capacidades, fortalezas y debilidades que presenta el sistema municipal de Uruguay, para desarrollar y colaborar en acciones y programas...
El objetivo principal del presente documento es identificar las capacidades, fortalezas y debilidades que presenta el sistema municipal de Uruguay, para desarrollar y colaborar en acciones y programas...
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Sistema Municipal y la Superación de la Pobreza y Precariedad Urbana en el Perú, El
Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: September 2006
)
El objetivo principal del presente trabajo es identificar las capacidades, fortalezas y debilidades que presenta el sistema municipal del Perú, para desarrollar y colaborar en acciones y programas...
El objetivo principal del presente trabajo es identificar las capacidades, fortalezas y debilidades que presenta el sistema municipal del Perú, para desarrollar y colaborar en acciones y programas...
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Opciones y Propuestas Estratégicas para la Superación de la Pobreza y Precariedad Urbana en América...
Series: Manuales
( Print: September 2006
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El objetivo principal de la presente publicación es dar a conocer y difundir en la Región, las experiencias de casos concretos de opciones en materia de política publica que se han implementado o se...
El objetivo principal de la presente publicación es dar a conocer y difundir en la Región, las experiencias de casos concretos de opciones en materia de política publica que se han implementado o se...
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Global Report on Human Settlements 2005
Financing Urban Shelter
This Report examines the challenges of financing urban shelter development, focusing on the shelter needs of the poor and within the overall context of the United Nations Millennium Development target...
This Report examines the challenges of financing urban shelter development, focusing on the shelter needs of the poor and within the overall context of the United Nations Millennium Development target...
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Global Report on Human Settlements 2003
The Challenge of Slums
The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, highlighting their main problems and prospects. Using a newly formulated operational definition of slums, it presents estimates of...
The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, highlighting their main problems and prospects. Using a newly formulated operational definition of slums, it presents estimates of...
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State of the World's Cities 2004-2005, The
Globalization and Urban Culture
The State of the World's Cities 2004/2005 charts the progress and the challenges we face in this rapidly urbanising world. With contributions from some of the world's leading urban scholars, writers...
The State of the World's Cities 2004/2005 charts the progress and the challenges we face in this rapidly urbanising world. With contributions from some of the world's leading urban scholars, writers...
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Mujer Indígena en Bolivia, Brasil, Ecuador, Guatemala y Panamá, La
un Panorama de Base a Partir de la Ronda de Censos de 2000
Series: Mujer y Desarrollo
( Print: January 2008
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Este documento presenta un análisis sobre la mujer indígena en cinco países de América Latina a partir de los cuadros comparativos y tabulados sobre género, pertenencia étnico-racial, población...
Este documento presenta un análisis sobre la mujer indígena en cinco países de América Latina a partir de los cuadros comparativos y tabulados sobre género, pertenencia étnico-racial, población...
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Cuidado Como Cuestión Social Desde un Enfoque de Derechos, El
Series: Mujer y Desarrollo
( Print: January 2008
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El presente estudio se intenta esclarecer no solo las situaciones efectivamente discriminatorias y de desigualdad, sino trascender el debate para proponer derechos integrales y no un reconocimiento...
El presente estudio se intenta esclarecer no solo las situaciones efectivamente discriminatorias y de desigualdad, sino trascender el debate para proponer derechos integrales y no un reconocimiento...
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Global Report on Human Settlements 2007
Enhancing Urban Safety and Security
Enhancing Urban Safety and Security addresses three major threats to the safety and security of cities: crime and violence; insecurity of tenure and forced evictions; and natural and human-made...
Enhancing Urban Safety and Security addresses three major threats to the safety and security of cities: crime and violence; insecurity of tenure and forced evictions; and natural and human-made...
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State of World Population 2007 (Arabic language)
Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth
Series: State of World Population (Arabic language)
( Print: July 2007,
PDF: July 2007
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The Report tries to grasp the implications of the imminent doubling of the developing world’s urban population and discusses what needs to be done to prepare for this massive increase. It looks more...
The Report tries to grasp the implications of the imminent doubling of the developing world’s urban population and discusses what needs to be done to prepare for this massive increase. It looks more...
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State of World Population 2007
Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth
Series: State of World Population
( Print: July 2007,
PDF: July 2007
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In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. Urbanization—the increase in the urban share of total population—is...
In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. Urbanization—the increase in the urban share of total population—is...
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State of World Population 2007 (Russian language)
Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth
Series: State of World Population (Russian language)
( Print: July 2007,
PDF: July 2007
)
The Report tries to grasp the implications of the imminent doubling of the developing world’s urban population and discusses what needs to be done to prepare for this massive increase. It looks more...
The Report tries to grasp the implications of the imminent doubling of the developing world’s urban population and discusses what needs to be done to prepare for this massive increase. It looks more...
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State of World Population 2007 - Youth Supplement (Arabic language)
Growing Up Urban
Series: State of World Population (Arabic language)
( Print: July 2007
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By 2030, towns and cities will be home to almost 5 billion people, greatly increasing the number and proportion of young people in the urban population. This second edition of the Youth Supplement to...
By 2030, towns and cities will be home to almost 5 billion people, greatly increasing the number and proportion of young people in the urban population. This second edition of the Youth Supplement to...
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State of World Population 2007 - Youth Supplement
Growing Up Urban
Series: State of World Population
( Print: July 2007
)
By 2030, towns and cities will be home to almost 5 billion people, greatly increasing the number and proportion of young people in the urban population. This second edition of the Youth Supplement to...
By 2030, towns and cities will be home to almost 5 billion people, greatly increasing the number and proportion of young people in the urban population. This second edition of the Youth Supplement to...