This strategic document is the first Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy of Ulaanbaatar city which was approved by the Citizens’ Representatives Council of Ulaanbaatar City for its implementation on 4 July 2007.

In Sri Lanka today, as in many other developing countries, there is a growing urgency to come up with creative and sustainable solutions to tackle the twin pressures of infrastructure needs and the interests of communities who are affected by such projects, often losing their homes, land and livelihood in the process.

Housing and property rights in the context of post-conflict rehabilitation are amongst the most complex and sensitive issues affecting displaced populations in Georgia today.

The Guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases.

If all estimated 400,000 families currently displaced in Darfur return to their places of origin and reconstruct their destroyed homes utilizing the traditional building practices, with wood as the main structural element, they will need to find and cut an estimated 16 million mature trees.

Interlocking Stabilised Soil Block (ISSB) technology has been gaining recognition, particularly in East Africa.

The LENSS Tool Kit is designed to alleviate the difficulties of shelter and settlement needs assessment in the immediate aftermath of a disaster and before the recovery phase.

Women are at risk of violence both in public and private spheres, in and around the home, in neighbourhoods and at city level.

This book aims to be a resource for future evaluations and policy making.