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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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State of the World's Cities 2010/2011
Bridging the Urban Divide
The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban...
The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban...
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State of the World's Cities 2012/2013
Prosperity of Cities
What this new edition of State of the World’s Cities shows is that prosperity for all has been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity...
What this new edition of State of the World’s Cities shows is that prosperity for all has been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity...
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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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Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2009, No.7
Population Projection - Year IV (Includes CD-ROM)
Series: Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory / Observatorio Demográfico América Latina y el Caribe
( Print: September 2010
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New publication which replace the Demographic Bulletin, published by CELADE since 1968. The Demographic Observatory provides information regarding population estimates and projections at national and...
New publication which replace the Demographic Bulletin, published by CELADE since 1968. The Demographic Observatory provides information regarding population estimates and projections at national and...
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Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2009, No.8
Urbanization Prospects - Year IV (Includes CD-ROM)
Series: Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory / Observatorio Demográfico América Latina y el Caribe
( Print: May 2011,
PDF: September 2011
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This issue presents a set of spatial distribution and urbanization indicators from the database on spatial distribution and urbanization in Latin America for the period 1950-2000. It also includes a...
This issue presents a set of spatial distribution and urbanization indicators from the database on spatial distribution and urbanization in Latin America for the period 1950-2000. It also includes a...
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Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2010, No.9
Mortality - Year V (Includes CD-ROM)
Series: Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory / Observatorio Demográfico América Latina y el Caribe
( Print: August 2011,
PDF: August 2011
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This edition of the Demographic Observatory presents a series of abridged life tables by sex, estimated and projected by five-year periods, which were prepared as inputs for national population...
This edition of the Demographic Observatory presents a series of abridged life tables by sex, estimated and projected by five-year periods, which were prepared as inputs for national population...
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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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Designing Household Survey Samples: Practical Guidelines (Arabic Language)
Studies in Methods - Series F No. 98
Series: Studies in Methods (Ser. F) (Arabic)
( Print: June 2011,
PDF: December 2011
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This publication serves as a handbook that includes the main sample survey design issues that can conveniently be referred to by practicing national statisticians, researchers and analysts involved in...
This publication serves as a handbook that includes the main sample survey design issues that can conveniently be referred to by practicing national statisticians, researchers and analysts involved in...
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Diseño de Muestras para Encuestas de Hogares: Directrices Prácticas
Estudios de métodos - Serie F No. 98
Series: Estudios de Métodos (Ser. F)
( Print: September 2009,
PDF: December 2008
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Las versiones provisionales de los textos fueron revisadas por un grupo de expertos en una sesión celebrada por la División de Estadística del 3 al 5 de diciembre de 2003 en Nueva York. La lista de...
Las versiones provisionales de los textos fueron revisadas por un grupo de expertos en una sesión celebrada por la División de Estadística del 3 al 5 de diciembre de 2003 en Nueva York. La lista de...
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Guide Pratique pour la Conception d'Enquêtes sur les Ménages:
Études méthodologiques Série F N° 98
Series: Etudes Méthodologiques (Ser. F)
( Print: September 2010,
PDF: December 2010
)
Cette publication est un manuel qui inclut les principales questions échantillon de l'enquête de conception qui peuvent être commodément visés par la pratique nationales statisticiens, chercheurs et...
Cette publication est un manuel qui inclut les principales questions échantillon de l'enquête de conception qui peuvent être commodément visés par la pratique nationales statisticiens, chercheurs et...
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Designing Household Survey Samples: Practical Guidelines (Russian language)
Studies in Methods - Series F No. 98
Series: Studies in Methods (Ser. F) (Russian)
( PDF: December 2010
)
The purpose of the handbook is to include in one publication sample survey design issues for convenient referral by practicing national statisticians, researchers, and analysts involved in sample...
The purpose of the handbook is to include in one publication sample survey design issues for convenient referral by practicing national statisticians, researchers, and analysts involved in sample...
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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
)
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
)
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...