The close of the last millennium saw the development of cities in the developing world being radically shaped by the intrinsically related processes of urbanization and globalization.

This strategy document emphasizes the benefits of entrusting the responsibility to groups of women and men of taking control of solving their water and sanitation problems at the local level, particularly slums which are highly deficient in water and sanitation services.

This publication focuses on improving the capacities of leadership and performance of the Individual to contribute for good governance in water and sanitation incorporating human values and ethics.

The Publication presents a comprehensive reforms package by developing Water Demand Management strategy and implementation plan for the city of Indore involving institutional, financial and technical issues in water supply and is aimed at the efficiency improvements in the management and utilization of water.

In this paper, John Friedmann critically examines the assumption that exports and external investments are the driving forces of growth in cities of developing countries.

Vivimos en una gran transformación a nivel global; una mutación antropológica y por lo tanto cultural, basada en la incorporación masiva de las tecnologías informáticas, en la descentralización productiva y la creación de la empresa en red, así no lo indican; dicho proceso viene acompañado de una reestructuración de los principales mercados de la sociedad: el del trabajo, que en forma acelerada marcha hacia la flexibilización y, hasta el momento, la precarización de la existencia de millones de…

This book is a cross-cultural endeavour to promote global strategies for enhancing security of tenure in the Muslim world.

This publication is a abridged edition of Financing Urban Shelter: Gobal Report on Human Settlements 2005

Financing Urban Shelter presents the first global assessment of housing finance systems, placing shelter and urban development challenges within the overall context of macroeconomic policies. The report describes and analyzes housing finance conditions and trends in all regions of the world, including formal housing finance mechanisms, microfinance and community funding, highlighting their relevance to the upgrading of slums. Recent policy developments in the area of shelter finance are…