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Analysis of regional spatial planning and decision making strategies and their impact on land use in the urban fringe. Montpellier case study

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Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2008
China

This document provides an overview on land use and spatial development in the Montpelier region and turning points the planning and governance regime. In the first part we give an overview on the land use and regional development of the case study region. In the second part, we introduce the planning system, its major actors and instruments as well as governance aspects to the reader.

Water Re-use: Agriculture and Urban Water Management in a Recycling Society

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Noviembre, 2008

Rapid urbanization is coming together with great challenges regarding employment, food and nutrition security and infrastructures. Simultaneously, many rapidly growing cities are facing increasing water shortages, often aggravated by the effects of climate change, and insufficient sanitation coverage with higher exposure to contaminants.

The Unit Titles Act

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Legislation
Noviembre, 2008
Tanzania

An Act to provide for the management of the division of buildings into units, clusters, blocks and sections owned individually of co-owned and use ofdesignated areas; to provide for issuance of certificate of unit titles for the individual ownership of the units, clusters, or section of the building, management and resolution of disputes arising from the use of common property; to provide for u

Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
Septiembre, 2008
República Dominicana
México
Chile
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Argentina
Colombia
Brasil
América Latina y el Caribe

This study on Latin America is based on a sample of eight countries, comprising the big four economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; Colombia and Ecuador, two of the poorest South American tropical countries; the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean economy; and Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America.

Pushing and pulling

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Reports & Research
Agosto, 2008
Sudáfrica

This case study provides a comparative analysis of two different initiatives designed to grow small
scale agricultural production in Cape Town.

Women, slums and urbanisation: examining the causes and consequences

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Enero, 2008
Asia oriental
África subsahariana
Oceanía
Asia meridional
América Latina y el Caribe

Countries throughout the world are rapidly urbanising, particularly in the developing world, and for the first time in human history, the majority of people today are no longer living in rural areas, but rather in cities. This report examines the worldwide phenomenon of urbanisation from the point of view of women’s housing rights.