The State of the African Cities Report 2008: A Framework for Addressing Urban Challenges in Africa is envisaged by UN-HABITAT and its partners to provide an overview of issues related to the urban transition no...
During the last 50 years, governments have implemented a wide range of slum upgrading projects and programs of varying scale and scope and with different levels of impact. The lessons learned from these experie...
This paper appraised the implementation of risk management in Public Private Partnership (PPP) housing projects in Abuja, Nigeria with the view to suggest measures for improving the practice towards effective h...
The major problems of the urban poor are lack of land, housing insecurity, and access to basic infrastructure. The increase in inadequate housing and homelessness among the urban poor are clear manifestations o...
Land issues in most countries have major social and economic implications, more so in rapidly growing economies such as Indonesia. Inequitable ownership patterns of land have motivated land redistribution movem...
The Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda recognize the role of cities in achieving sustainable development. However, these agendas were agreed upon and signed by national governments, and thus...
This Aga Khan Trust for Culture initiative in Humayun’s Tomb – Sunder Nursery – Nizamuddin Basti area of Delhi aims to serve as a model project to demonstrate, amongst multiple objectives, that conservation and...
This article is based on the findings of a TUBITAK-supported research project conducted between 2015 and 2016. The project highlighted participatory approaches in urban redevelopment processes. Fundamental issu...
With the projected increases in slum population, the demand for urban upgrading interventions is expected to grow. The main aim of this study was to seek a noble effort to reduce the proliferation of informal s...
Challenges for the urban poor: Economic Inclusion- Most urban poor work in the informal sector. Domestic work, street vending, waste picking, and home-based wor. Poor conditions can affect home-based work. Diff...
The socio-economic condition of the slum dwellers is generally poor because of the lack of basic social amenities; functional skills, proper education, a source of income, hygiene, and health resources. However...
Financing Urban Shelter: Global Report on Human Settlements 2005 examines the challenges of financing urban shelter development, focusing on the shelter needs of the poor and within the overall context of the U...
This article presents two cases of listed real estate companies that operate in the Ruhr metropolitan region of Germany. The first is Immeo Wohnen, a subsidiary of the French real estate investment trust (REIT) ...
Currently, more than a billion people around the globe live in inadequate housing. One in every four people on the planet lives in the South Asia region, and more than 14 percent of South Asians have no homes o...