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The Peri-urban Interface. A Tale of Two Cities
The Peri-urban Interface. A Tale of Two Cities. 4 November 2011. More than half the world's population lives in areas that are classified as urban. In developing countries, a substantial and growing proportion lives in or around metropolitan areas…
Development Planning Unit
Implementing the Habitat Agenda. In Search of Urban Sustainability
Implementing the Habitat Agenda. In Search of Urban Sustainability. 4 November 2011. The Habitat Agenda was adopted at the second United Nations conference on Human Settlements 'The City Summit' in Istanbul in 1996, when governments of the world…
Development Planning Unit
The Challenge of Environmental Management in Urban Areas
The Challenge of Environmental Management in Urban Areas. 4 November 2011. A collection of ground-breaking and thought-provoking papers written by some of the most distinguished, internationally known names in the field of urban sustainability. The…
Development Planning Unit
Spatial Planning for Urban Infrastructure Investment: A Guide to Training and Practice
Spatial Planning for Urban Infrastructure Investment: A Guide to Training and Practice. 4 November 2011. This manual takes the trainer and user through a set of actions to produce spatial urban plans and to use them for advising decision makers on…
Development Planning Unit
Guidelines for Strategic Environmental Planning and Management of the Peri-Urban Interface
Guidelines for Strategic Environmental Planning and Management of the Peri-Urban Interface. 4 November 2011. These guidelines comprise three short volumes, a flyer, and a poster. They seek to provide a basic understanding of the processes involved…
Development Planning Unit
Sustainable Urbanisation: Bridging the Green and Brown Agendas
Sustainable Urbanisation: Bridging the Green and Brown Agendas. 4 November 2011. The World’s development and environmental communities came together for the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. This summit produced a comprehensive vision for the future…
Development Planning Unit
Glass half empty? Special journal issue on urban water poverty
Glass half empty? Special journal issue on urban water poverty. 3 November 2011. Special issue of the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development edited by Adriana Allen and Sarah Bell. In 2000 the United Nations included targets to…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 143
Murder Capital to Modern Miracle? The Progression of Governance in Medellin Colombia…
Development Planning Unit
DPU News Issue 53
How can local interventions respond to social complexity?…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 142
The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Urban Development: The Case of Budapest…
Development Planning Unit