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By: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
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Comprehensive assessment of the state of the world's cities and shelter conditions. It highlights the impacts of globalisation and the influence of market forces on urban and housing policies; studies the increased isolation and marginalization of the urban and rural poor; and documents current housing and urban conditions, including access to basic services.
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Part I: Development Context: Changes and challenges - Human Settlements in a Globalizing World - UN Norms and Policy Platforms - Part II: The State of the World's Cities - The Economies of the City - Urban Environment, Infrastructure and Services - Urban Governance - Part III: The State of the World's Shelter - Household's Living Conditions - Housing Provision - Houselessness - Part IV: Development Prospects and Policy Options - Human Settlements Prospects - Strategic Policy Foci - Need for Cooperation - Statistical Annex, Index
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The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) is the leading research and advisory body in the world on the development of cities and other settlements. The principal editor is Professor Willem van Vliet, Director, Environmental Design, at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Report
By: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
344 pages, Figs, tabs, maps
This book is a follow-up to An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements" (CH, Apr'97). This new report draws from information and analyses provided by 80 experts around the world, examining issues of urban governance, housing finance, shelter delivery systems, urban infrastructure, disaster recovery, community development, etc. It both quantitatively and qualitatively measures the needs and capacities of these cities and examines issues, trends, and challenges of settlement and urbanization in world regions. The report is based on the latest and most detailed data available and succeeds in accurately examining the opportunities and challenges globalization has created for cities around the world. It examines issues at both micro and macro levels from a sustainable development perspective. Theoretical and practical issues are considered with a clear emphasis on governance and the development of social policies dealing with the unbalanced nature, effects, and benefits of globalization on social groups, cities, countries, and regions. An authoritative source for practitioners as well as academicians dealing with issues of urban development. All levels." --- A. Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University in CHOICE
