Planifier et Configurer une Mobilité Urbaine Plus Durable (French Language Version) 2013
Economic Benefits of Stabilized Soil Block Technology in Sudan 2013 Construction of housing and public infrastructure needs to be of greater quality than what was previously used. Past practices of large-scale use of firewood to make burned bricks for construction of housing have resulted in massive deforestation of the country.
Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility:Global Report on Human Settlements 2013 - Policy directions (Arabic Language Version) 2013 Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility argues that the development of sustainable urban transport systems requires a conceptual leap. The purpose 'transportation' and 'mobility' is to gain access to destinations, activities, services and goods.
Aprendiendo a convivir en los espacios públicos y privados 2013 El incremento de la conflictividad y la violencia en algunas zonas urbanas de América Latina y el Caribe ha generado la movilización de diversos actores y el impulso de múltiples y creativas intervenciones. En diferentes ciudades encontramos ejemplos de buenas prácticas que están siendo replicadas como solución a un entorno urbano más seguro y generador de convivencia.
Assemblée Générale de la FGF et Université de perfectionnement des Géomètres Francophones d’Afrique Subsaharienne (French Language Version) 2013
Finance Policies and Procedures Manual Volume 1 2013 Small water utilities face unique challenges in delivering water and sanitation services to their customers. With a limited revenue base and few opportunities to benefit from economies of scale, they often suffer from severe skill shortages and a long legacy of underinvestment in infrastructure and capacity enhancement.
Gender Responsive Urban Basic Services 2013 This issue guide focuses attention on urban basic services in order to illuminate the effects of gender on equality of access and inclusion in the areas of urban energy, urban transport and water and sanitation. This issue guide further seeks to broadly outline the where and how of gender responsive interventions in order to strengthen planned and future actions that can go a long way to reduce poverty and overcome obstacles to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Huambo Land Readjustment: Urban Legal Case Studies Volume 1 2013 This report is the result of an analysis of two land readjustment projects that were implemented in Huambo, central Angola, between 2006 and 2008.
Land readjustment is the concept of assembling land with the general objective of facilitating the development or redevelopment of land. It has been used, for example,
to redraw boundaries of rural land to make farms more efficient, to pool developed properties in brownfield redevelopment schemes, to assemble land for new developments in “greenfield” sites, and to achieve densification in already developed urban areas.
National Urban Profile 2013 The objective of this study is to outline a profile of the urban sector of the Republic of Cape Verde with the aim of contributing to the development of policies to reduce urban poverty at the national level in Cabo Verde.
Streets as Public Spaces and Drivers of Urban Prosperity 2013 A key finding of this report is "the expansion of cities has been accompanied by changes in land use, both in terms of form as well as structure. Streets, as public spaces, have lost their importance in terms of their share of land, as well as their prominent role in shaping the culture and history of cities."