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Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 5 : housing finance: ways to help the poor pay for housing
(United Nations, 2008)
This Quick Guide introduces some of the key concepts of formal housing finance and an overview of how both the formal and informal systems of delivering housing finance work especially with regard to the urban poor. The ...
Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 6 : community-based organizations: the poor as agents of development
(United Nations, 2008)
This Quick Guide examines how community organizations can be valuable and resoureful partners when it comes to finding viable solutions to their own housing roblems. It looks at how community organizations have developed ...
Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 1 : urbanization : the role the poor play in urban development
(United Nations, 2008)
This set of seven Quick Guides for Policy Makers has been jointly prepared by UNESCAP and UN-HABITAT to aid the daily work of national and local government officials and policy makers as well as other low-income housing ...
Climate change and national urban policies in Asia and the pacific : a regional guide for integrating climate change concerns into urban-related policy, legislative, financial and institutional frameworks
(United Nations, 2018)
<p>This Guide has been developed as a call for action to mainstream climate change into national-level urban-related policy frameworks in Asia and the Pacific. Applying a flexible and non-prescriptive approach, national ...
Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 7 : rental housing: a much neglected housing option for the poor
(United Nations, 2008)
This Quick Guide reviews the characteristics of rental housing markets and how they functio. The issue of demand and supply of rental housing are discussed, folowed by policy options to regulate, promote and expand rental ...
Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 4 : eviction: alternatives to the whole-scale destruction of urban poor communities
(United Nations, 2008)
This Quick Guide explores several practicable and replicable alternatives to evictions which are being tested, refined and scaled up by governments, community groups and support institutions in Asia. In almost all cases, ...
Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 3 : land: a crucial element in housing the urban poor
(United Nations, 2008)
This Quick Guide examines how formal and informal land markets in Asian cities work, how they have succeeded or failed to make decent, secure, affordable land accessible to the urban poor and how community organizations, ...
Pro-poor urban climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific : quick guide for policy makers
(United Nations, 2014)
<p>The “Quick Guide for Policy Makers on Pro-Poor Urban Climate Resilience in Asia and the Pacific” focuses on the need to enhance understanding of the region’s key urban stakeholders on climate change, discusses how it ...
Housing the poor in Asian cities, No 2 : Low-income housing : approaches to help the urban poor find adequate accommodation
(United Nations, 2008)
This Quick Guide examines how formal and informal land markets in Asian cities work, how they have succeeded or failed to make decent, secure, affordable land accessible to the urban poor and how community organizations, ...
Policy guidance manual on wastewater management : with a special emphasis on decentralized wastewater treatment systems
(United Nations, 2015)
This "Policy Guidance Manual on Wastewater Management With a Special Emphasis on Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS)" has been developed based on experience of the policy makers and in consultations with ...