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| "Upgrading of urban slums and squatter areas" (CHS/OP/81-4) |
| Abstract: Based on a report submitted to the third session of the Commission on Human Settlements in 1980. Outlines the focus of UNCHS (Habitat) activities in the area of slums and squatter settlements for the 1980s, and provides the context and rationale for the upgrading of slums and squatter areas. Provides an overview of government responses and a set of major issues to be addressed. |
| UNCHS (Habitat), 1981. |
| [39 pp.]; ISBNE 92-1-131520-4 (electronic CHM). |
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| "The rehabilitation of existing housing stock Report of the expert group meeting on human settlements management, with special reference to the rehabilitation of existing housing stock, New Delhi, 1-8 February 1982." (CHS-OP-82-13) |
| Abstract: Examines the rationale and strategies and mechanisms for the rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. It also provides a series of recommendations at the local, national and international levels. |
| UNCHS (Habitat), 1982. |
| [46 pp.]; ISBNE 92-1-131523-9 (electronic CHM). |
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| "Rehabilitation of inner-city areas: Feasible strategies" (HS/079/85 E) |
| Abstract: Contains two distinct monographs on selected strategies applied to rehabilitate inner-city low-income neighbourhoods and housing stock and to resolve complex issues of ownership and tenure. Analyses and evaluated the cases of the building repair and reconstruction programme in Bombay, and land-sharing projects in Bangkok, as examples of feasible strategies to arrest the decay of inner cities and the disruption of their social fabric. |
| UNCHS (Habitat), 1985. |
| ISBN 92-1-131026-1 (printed) [80 pp.]; ISBNE 92-1-131524-7 (electronic CHM). |
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| "Cities without slums" (HSP/WUF/1/DLG.I/Paper 4) |
| Abstract: Includes a brief overview of what slums are and why the continue to exist. Assesses the limitations of past policy responses towards slums and lessons learnt. Reviews the potential of current directions and trends towards achieving the goal of cities without slums. |
| UN-HABITAT, background paper for the first session of the World Urban Forum, Nairobi, 29 April-3 May 2002. |
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