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New report: GOLD VI by KNOW |
By :UCLG-KNOW and contributors |
14 October 2022 |
The sixth edition of the GOLD report, “Pathways to Urban and Territorial Equality: Addressing inequalities through local transformation strategies”, is being produced by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and part of the KNOW team and will be published in October 2022. GOLD VI will focus on how local and More...
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Australia: Counting Nation-wide Cost of Natural Disasters |
By :Merve Küçük and Mehmet Ulubasoglu, The Conversation |
20 April 2022 |
Natural Disasters Cost the Nation: We’ve Calculated the Income Tax Revenue Lost in their Wake
Understanding the true cost of natural disasters is critical for governments to develop policies to deal with them.
Historically, calculations have been based on toting up insurance claims and government aid. But these don’t account for intangible social costs More...
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
By :Joseph Schechla |
24 March 2022 |
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit More...
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Land Times issue 20 |
By :HIC-HLRN |
08 August 2020 |
HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in the context of a global pandemic.
Amid this protracted crisis, events and developments in the Middle More...
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S. Korea: UNSR on Housing Calls for `Shift` |
By :OHCHR |
23 May 2018 |
SEOUL/GENEVA (23 May 2018) – United Nations expert, Leilani Farha, urged national and local governments of South Korea to shift their approach to housing and homelessness to meet current human rights standards.
Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, noted that South Korea now has the More...
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Philippine: Tension Grips Eviction of 200 Families |
By :Rey Galupo, The Philippine Star |
23 May 2018 |
MANILA, Philippines — An operation to demolish the houses of around 200 informal settlers in Intramuros, Manila nearly turned violent as the residents opposed the demolition yesterday morning.
Armed with an eviction order issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 7, a demolition team along with members of the Manila More...
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Tanzania: Gov`t Seeks to Demolish 1,200 Homes |
By :IPPMedia.com |
02 February 2018 |
Advice given by World Bank to government officials against demolishing over 1,200 houses between Ubungo and Kimara suburbs of Dar es Salaam to pave way for a six-lane highway has saved them from losing their houses.
The over 8,000 residents who had already been served with letters by Tanzania Roads Agency More...
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England: Locals` Concern over Home Demolition |
By :Jo Taylor and Nic Rigby, BBC |
27 January 2018 |
Genesis Housing Association is considering the future of Alexandra Court in Southend, which could see it torn down and a new block built in its place with double the number of flats.
One woman spoke of her dismay after being told it was her "home for life."
Genesis has assured tenants they More...
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Philippines: Demolition Looms for 200 Households |
By :Antoinette O. Marquito, Philstar |
09 January 2018 |
CEBU, Philippines — About 200 families in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Mambaling will lose their homes after the court ordered the demolition of their houses because the owner will utilize the lot.
The demolition started yesterday and there was no resistance or commotion.
But Janny Anter, president of Panaghugpong-Kadamay, a homeowners’ association in More...
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory |
By :HIC-HLRN |
10 July 2017 |
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