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Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor : Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World

Subjects: “…Urban poor…”

East Asia and Pacific Cities

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

Urban Agriculture : Findings from Four City Case Studies by World Bank

Subjects: “…POOR URBAN HOUSEHOLDS…”

The Urban Rehabilitation of Medinas : The World Bank Experience in the Middle East and North Africa by Bigio, Anthony G., Licciardi, Guido

Subjects: “…HOUSING FOR THE POOR…”

The Educational Resilience of Children in Urban Squatter Settlements of Kathmandu by World Bank

“…These children belong to the poorest groups (Wagley, September 2013, The Himalayan Times), such as the disadvantaged and the deprived communities of urban squatter settlements. Many reasons have been identified for the phenomenon of out-of-school children, including poor family economic conditions, an unfavorable school environment, socio-cultural beliefs and traditions, parents not recognizing the importance of education, inaccessible schools for children with disabilities, parents unwillingness, corporal punishment and children s domestic responsibilities (Scheuermann 2013). …”

Building Sustainability in an Urbanizing World : A Partnership Report by Hoornweg, Daniel, Freire, Mila

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

Memo to the Mayor : Improving Access to Urban Land for All Residents - Fulfilling the Promise by Lipman, Barbara, Rajack, Robin

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

East Asia's Changing Urban Landscape : Measuring a Decade of Spatial Growth by World Bank Group

“…The book discusses implications of the research and outlines potential policy options for governments that can help maximize the benefits of urban growth. These policy options include strategically acquiring land to prepare for future urban expansion; creating national urbanization policies that address the growth of the entire system of cities at once in order to support economically efficient urbanization; investing in small and medium urban areas; ensuring spatial access to the poor in order to make urban growth more inclusive; maximizing the benefits to the environment of existing urban density through location, coordination, and design of density; and creating mechanisms to support interjurisdictional cooperation across metropolitan areas. …”

Transforming Cities with Transit : Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development by Cervero, Robert, Suzuki, Hiroaki, Iuchi, Kanako

On the Engagement of Excluded Groups in Inclusive Cities by Mitlin, Diana Clare, Satterthwaite, David

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities : Markets and Perception by Lora, Eduardo, Powell, Andrew, Praag, Bernard M.S. van, Sanguinetti, Pablo

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

Left Behind by Lucchetti, Leonardo, Vakis, Renos, Rigolini, Jamele

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

Raising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean by Ferreyra, Maria Marta, Roberts, Mark

“…The report also studies the role of three key factors – urban form, skills, and access to markets – in determining the productivity of LAC cities. …”

Realidades y mitos del trabajo femenino urbano en América Latina by Arriagada, Irma

Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data by World Bank

Subjects: “…URBAN POOR…”

Análisis de manejo de residuos sólidos urbanos y elaboración de aboneras para huertas traspatio en San Andrés de Giles (Bs. As.) by Cóppola, Claudio Javier

Atividade imobiliária e reestruturação urbana no interior paulista : um formato de parceria público-privada? by Refinetti Martins, María Lucía, Vanale Otero, Estevam

Transformaciones territoriales y en la red de ciudades : prioridades en materia de investigación urbano-regional para América Latina by Moura, Rosa

Introducción a la teoría urbana by Schiavo, Ester

La conversación infinita: Fernando Carrión y la ciudad by Pinto, Juan Pablo