This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa.

The objective of the Situation Analysis is to present the state of slums and slum upgrading in selected wards in Umlazi and Kenville/ Sea Cow Lake, and the effectiveness of past and ongoing upgrading initiatives, within the framework of the overall city development strategy and national poverty reduction program.

The inspiration for the Johannesburg conference came in 1996 during the Vancouver conference on crime prevention for practitioners. It was realised that South Africa had an important role to play in the international crime prevention debate, both as an example of successful initiatives, and as a learning opportunity for South Africans to become better informed about developments in crime prevention internationally.

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country cities.

This new book, which is jointly published by UN-HABITAT and the Università IUAV di Venezia, gives an account of different policies, practices and governance models that are addressing the issue of international migration in an urbanizing world.

This report provides an overview of the importance of Water Demand Management (WMD) in South Africa. It highlights the significance of improving water use efficiency in the Vaal River System.