Urban Development Links
Housing and Settlements
Asian Coalition
for Housing Rights
A regional network of grassroots community organizations, NGO's and
professionals actively involved with urban poor development processes
in Asian cities.
www.achr.net/
Centre on
Housing Rights and Evictions
COHRE is committed to local and national capacity-building in the area
of economic, social and cultural rights and places particular emphasis
on securing respect for the housing rights of traditionally disadvantaged
groups, including women, children, ethic or other minorities and indigenous
peoples.
www.cohre.org/
Development
Gateway – Slum housing
Slum Housing: A Crisis for the Urban Poor in the Developing World"
looks at shelter in slum settlements from the perspective of 15 Development
Gateway Topic Pages, ranging from the impact of ethnic exclusion in
ghettoes to housing microfinance opportunities.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/special/slumhousing
Global Urban Research Unit, University of Newcastle
GURU’s Cities and International Development Programme offers theoretical
and policy expertise of urban environments and processes, moving forward
from a sectoral focus on housing towards a broader, more holistic, urban
agenda. This includes issues such as: social exclusion, gender awareness,
sustainability, poverty alleviation, urban management and governance.
www.ncl.ac.uk/guru/
Homeless
International
Supports community-led housing and infrastructure related development
in partnership with local partner organisations in Asia, Africa and
Latin America.
www.homeless-international.org
IIED Human
Settlements Programme
Works to reduce poverty and improve health and housing conditions in
the urban centres of Latin America, Asia and Africa. It seeks to combine
this with promoting good governance and more ecologically sustainable
patterns of urban development.
www.iied.org/HS/index.html
Institute
for Housing and Urban Development Studies
Substantial expertise in the fields of housing, urban management and
urban environmental management and planning,
www.ihs.nl
UN ESCAP
Human Settlements
The mandate of ESCAP, as the Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
is to act as the main economic and social development centre of the
United Nations system within the Asia and the Pacific region and as
executing agency for inter-country development projects in their own
right
www.unescap.org/huset/index.html
United Nations
Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
UN-HABITAT is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is
mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally
sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter
for all.
www.unchs.org/
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