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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Housing the Poor in Asian Cities
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Creating Livable Asian Cities
Author: Bambang SusantonoPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 929262783X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This book explores how Asia's fast-growing cities can fulfil their potential as engines of economic prosperity and provide a livable environment for all citizens. But for this to happen, major challenges that reduce urban communities' quality of life and economic opportunities must be addressed. These include poor planning, a lack of affordable housing, inequalities, pollution, climate vulnerabilities, and urban infrastructure deficits. The book's 19 articles unwrap these challenges and present solutions focused on smart and inclusive planning, sustainable transport and energy, innovative financing, and resilience and rejuvenation.
Housing the Poor in Asian Cities: Low-income housing : approaches to help the urban poor find adequate accommodation
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Urban Poverty in Asia
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292546643
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This report provides an overview of important urban poverty questions. What defines urban poverty and how is urban poverty being measured? What other factors beyond consumption poverty need to be tackled? Who are the urban poor? What relations exist between urban poverty and city size? What linkages exist between urbanization, income, and urban poverty? What policy responses to urban poverty are implemented in selected Asian countries? The report served as a background study for the International Policy Workshop on Urban Poverty and Inclusive Cities in Asia, organized by the Asian Development Bank and the International Poverty Reduction Center held from 24-25 June 2013 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.
Housing the Poor in Asian Cities: Community-based organizations : the poor as agents of development
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Housing the Poor in Asian Cities: Rental housing : a much neglected housing option for the poor
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Housing the Poor in Asian Cities: Land : a crucial element in housing the urban poor
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Housing the Poor in Asian Cities: Eviction : alternatives to the whole-scale destruction of urban poor communities
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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East Asia and Pacific Cities
Author: Judy L. BakerPublisher: Urban Development
ISBN: 9781464810930
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting in increasing slums, deficits in basic service provision, and widening inequality for urban dwellers. This study aims to better understand urban poverty and inequality in East Asian cities, recognizing that many countries of the region, particularly those of middle-income status, are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and growth process where potential social divisions in cities could harm prospects for future poverty reduction. The study uses a multidimensional approach to understand urban poverty and inclusion and draws on examples of programs and policies that have been successfully implemented in the East Asia region to develop a set of guiding principles for policy makers.
Living on the Margins: Social Access to Shelter in Urban South Asia
Author: Navtej K. PurewalPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040281117
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This title was first published in 2000. The privatization of former social state housing through recent public-private partnerships is becoming increasingly prevalent in Third World as well as in Western countries. In most Third World countries, this shift has had profound effects upon the patterns of access of shelter. Drawing on studies of South Asian and other Third World contexts, as well as original in-depth empirical research from Amritsar, a city in North-West India, this book offers an analysis of the withdrawal of state housing provision. It develops and applies a unique model based on social status to analyze the new routes of access to housing and land by the urban poor. Its conclusions argue that these new privatization policies largely rely upon already existing informal and self-help settlements which continue to attract the poor and to be the largest housing providers in many cities, thus providing a ready-made safety net for such policies. The inter-linkages between the private state and the public market make up a highly diversified and complex picture of shelter arrangements being accessed by the poor which is reflected in the social differentiation and increasingly stratified housing market. The book argues that these partnership policies therefore have long-term implications upon social patterns of inclusion and exclusion which must be addressed.
