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This report does not make an attempt to claim that renting is anything but a partial answer to the housing problems that so many people in so many human settlements both in developed and...
This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa. It report looks at the macro-economic conditions and legal environment in which housing finance is operating. It discusses the...
This report examines the nature and scope of the housing problem in Peru. It reviews the evolution of the housing finance systems and main players of the housing finance system and driving forces...
This report identifies the major housing problems and challenges faced by China. It describes the achievements made by China to provide housing for its citizens, which are unprecedented by any...
This report does not make an attempt to claim that renting is anything but a partial answer to the housing problems that so many people in so many human settlements both in developed and...
A colourful document illustrating ways to cope with floods.
A key finding during UN-HABITAT's work after the earthquake in Haiti is that Port-au-Prince is at the epicenter of several challenges and stresses. These include not only earthquakes but also...
Many different people and organizations want information about settlements but collecting such information is never a neutral exercise, particularly in poorer areas. People in such settlements...
Adequate shelter for all was one of two main themes at the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat II, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey in June 1996. The Habitat II...
Exactly 30 years ago, the United Nations convened the Habitat I conference in Vancouver in 1976. However, it would be true to say that in 1976, rapid urbanization and its impacts were barely on...