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Book Synopsis Human Settlements Discussion Paper Series by : International Institute for Environment and Development (London)
Download or read book Human Settlements Discussion Paper Series written by International Institute for Environment and Development (London) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Human Settlements Discussion Paper Series by : International Institute for Environment and Development (London)
Download or read book Human Settlements Discussion Paper Series written by International Institute for Environment and Development (London) and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Human Settlements Working Paper Series by :
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Book Synopsis Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas by : David Satterthwaite
Download or read book Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas written by David Satterthwaite and published by IIED. This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses the possibilities and constraints for adaptation to climate change in urban areas in low- and middle-income nations. These contain a third of the world's population and a large proportion of the people and economic activities most at risk from sea-level rise and from the heatwaves, storms and floods whose frequency and/or intensity climate change is likely to increase. Section I outlines both the potentials for adaptation and the constraints. Section II discusses the scale of urban change. Section III considers direct and indirect impacts of climate change on urban areas and which nations, cities and population groups are particularly at risk. This highlights how prosperous, well-governed cities could generally adapt, but most of the world's urban population lives in cities or smaller urban centres ill-equipped for adaptation. A key part of adaptation concerns infrastructure and buildings - but much of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America lack the infrastructure to adapt. Most international agencies have long refused to support urban programmes, especially those that address these problems. Section IV discusses innovations by urban governments and community organizations and in financial systems that address such problems, including the relevance of recent innovations in disaster-risk reduction for adaptation. It notes how few city and national governments are taking any action on adaptation. Section V discusses how local innovation in adaptation can be encouraged and supported at national scale, and the funding needed to support this. Section VI considers the mechanisms for financing this and the larger ethical challenges that achieving adaptation raises - especially the fact that most climate-change-related urban (and rural) risks are in low-income nations with the least adaptive capacity, including many that have contributed very little to greenhouse-gas emissions.
Book Synopsis Human Settlements and Natural Resource Systems Analysis by :
Download or read book Human Settlements and Natural Resource Systems Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Scale of Urban Change Worldwide 1950-2000 and Its Underpinnings by : David Satterthwaite
Download or read book The Scale of Urban Change Worldwide 1950-2000 and Its Underpinnings written by David Satterthwaite and published by IIED. This book was released on 2005 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Global Review of Human Settlements by : Gyoujin Cho
Download or read book Global Review of Human Settlements written by Gyoujin Cho and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Review of Human Settlements: A Support Paper for Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human Settlement reviews global human settlement conditions and the factors affecting their present and future developments. The report presents information, analyses, and conclusions. It analyzes the causes and effects of the urbanization process; describes the quality of life in human settlements; and presents relevant definitions, list of tables, and country composition by regions. The urbanization process pertains to demographical and economical aspects. Demographical aspects include city size, city growth, migration, and natural increase. Natural population increase accounts for about one-half of urban population while migration from rural to urban places account for the other half. One aspect of the quality of life in human settlements is the prevailing housing conditions. According to the report, housing conditions in most developing countries have become worse in the past ten years due to rapid population growth, to rates of migration from rural to urban places, and to the decline of the rate of increase in national output. The report also contains a list of criteria used nationally to distinguish urban areas from rural areas. For example, South Korea defines urban areas as Seoul or municipalities with 5,000 or more inhabitants. The report is suitable for demographers, economists, environmentalists, ecologists, and policy makers involved in rural development and social services.
Book Synopsis Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries by :
Download or read book Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 2008 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Human settlements working paper by : International Institute for Environment and Development
Download or read book Human settlements working paper written by International Institute for Environment and Development and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Transition to a Predominantly Urban World and its Underpinnings by : David Satterthwaite
Download or read book The Transition to a Predominantly Urban World and its Underpinnings written by David Satterthwaite and published by IIED. This book was released on 2007 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Squatter Citizen by : Jorge E. Hardoy
Download or read book Squatter Citizen written by Jorge E. Hardoy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'one of the best contemporary statements of what is occurring in the growth of urban places in the Third World' Environment and Planning 'a book that should enjoy a wide appeal: as a plea for adoption of the 'popular approach'; as a text for student use; and as an accessible and stimulating guide to the urban problems of developing countries' Progress in Human Geography 'a very readable book, containing a lot of well documented information The book is especially relevant for interested lay people but many professionals will benefit from having a copy on the bookshelf' Third World Planning Review The true planners and builders of Third World cities are the poor. They organize, plan and build with no help from professionals. Drawing on their own skills, making the best use of limited resources and forming their own community organizations, they account for most new city housing. But the city, which thrives on their cheap labour, rejects them. Their houses are deemed illegal, because they do not conform to regulations and they are called 'squatters', because they cannot afford to buy sites legally. Their right to water, education and health care, even to vote, are often denied. This book challenges many common assumptions about the urban Third World - for example that urban citizens live in very large cities and that cities are growing rapidly, or that city dwellers benefit from 'urban bias' in government and aid policies. It is about the lives of the 'squatter citizens' and the problems they face in their struggle for survival.
Book Synopsis Reforms and Social Equity in Human Settlements by : Sasha Tsenkova
Download or read book Reforms and Social Equity in Human Settlements written by Sasha Tsenkova and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Where Are We Headed? - a Discussion Paper on the Future of Human Settlements in Canada by : Canadian Habitat Secretariat
Download or read book Where Are We Headed? - a Discussion Paper on the Future of Human Settlements in Canada written by Canadian Habitat Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Social and Economic Benefits of the Development of Human Settlements by : Emiel A. Wegelin
Download or read book Social and Economic Benefits of the Development of Human Settlements written by Emiel A. Wegelin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the role of human settlements development in the broader socio-economic development context of the ECE region, with particular focus on the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia and Southeastern Europe.
Book Synopsis Climate Change and Urban Children by : Sheridan Bartlett
Download or read book Climate Change and Urban Children written by Sheridan Bartlett and published by IIED. This book was released on 2008 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Implementation of Human Settlements Policies on Urban Renewal and Housing Modernization by : UN. ECE. Task Force on Urban Renewal and Housing Modernization
Download or read book Implementation of Human Settlements Policies on Urban Renewal and Housing Modernization written by UN. ECE. Task Force on Urban Renewal and Housing Modernization and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Climate Change and Cities by : Cynthia Rosenzweig
Download or read book Climate Change and Cities written by Cynthia Rosenzweig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of international researchers - the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) - was formed at the time of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in New York in 2007. This book is the First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities. The authors are all international experts from a diverse range of cities with varying socio-economic conditions, from both the developing and developed world. It is invaluable for mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban sustainability officers and urban planners; and researchers, professors and advanced students.
