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This study is based on an extensive literature review and
interviews with key World Vision staff and donors between
November 2007 and May 2008. The literature review draws on
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This video presents the work of the University of Denver Kibera Working Group and his partners. Their goal is to conduct research and develop a model of sustainable and scalable water and...
This report presents findings from field visits to four provinces focusing on the land tenure management systems in place in the communities. Presents an outline of the current legislation, and...
This report examinse the background and current status of land registration in Iraq with a view to make recommendations for change that would encourage local empowerment and economic development....
This document is written for building professionals with two key objectives: 1. To improve the understanding of the poor seismic performance of reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry...
The authors describe property rights as “overlapping ‘bundles’ of rights”, which can be grouped as “use rights” and “control or decisionmaking rights”. The authors then explain the concept of...
This research in Building Ethiopia - Sustainability and Innovation in Architecture and Design (volume I) poses an attempt to understand the dwelling typologies in the city of Addis Ababa in order...
The paper reviews the existing literature on public housing and the role of the state, including an overview of housing research in Nigeria. It describes the context of Lagos, as an emerging mega-...
The authors would first and foremost like to thank the many IDPs, Afghan refugees and residents of Peshawar who generously gave their time to be interviewed for this study, as well as key...
The historical and immediate causes of displacement are covered here. Also discussed – perhaps more importantly – are the ways in which displaced people experience those causes and their effects:...