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UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 21 December 2020 |
After the standard 60-day embargo on releasing such communications, the 12 October joint letter of seven UN Special Rapporteurs (SRs) to the Israeli government is now public. The SRs on adequate housing, cultural rights, human rights defenders, the rights of indigenous peoples, the human rights of internally displaced persons, minority
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Kenya: Ruai Evictions, Why Now? |
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By :Ruai News |
| 21 May 2020 |
Ruai Evictions : Is This Why Government Had To Do It Before September?
Renowned political commentator Allan Kibet has come out to claim that President Uhuru Kenyatta forcefully evicted the residents of Ruai and Kariobangi from the ` public` land so as to commence the construction of Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement
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New Tool: "Lo—TEK" Indigenous Technologies |
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By :Sala Elise Patterson, Harvard University Graduate School of Design |
| 03 March 2020 |
First-ever compendium of indigenous technologies provides a powerful toolkit for climate-resilient design
The design field is at an inflection point. It must challenge its repertoire, rethink technology, and begin to see biodiversity as a building block of urban environments. Julia Watson’s lush and meticulous new book, Lo—TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism, provides
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Most South Africa Municipalities Don’t Deliver |
| 02 July 2019 |
Most South African municipalities not delivering for citizens
If the South African public were ever in doubt at the reasons for service delivery protests in townships and municipalities, a closer look should be taken at the municipal audit report released by Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu who expressed concern at the financial mismanagement
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Haiti: Social Production in Canaan |
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By :Jacob Kushner, Place |
| 07 January 2019 |
In Haiti`s city-without-a-government, residents want land titles, taxation. Without titles, residents risk losing any investment they make and cannot use their property as collateral.
CANAAN, Haiti—On a street of rocks and white dust in the centre of one of the world`s newest cities, Alisma Robert pointed to an array of electric
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Lebanon: Evicting Syrian Refugees |
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By :Nora Stel and Anke van der Meijden, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies |
| 24 October 2018 |
This article is based on a forthcoming policy paper examining the causes, characteristics, and consequences of the eviction of Syrian migrants and refugees from Riyak, Lebanon in 2017, in light of recent developments encouraging Syrian refugees to return to their home country.
Lebanon’s Eviction of Syrian Refugees and the Threat of
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Brazil: PT Promises to Resume Housing Scheme |
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By :Rede Brasil Actual |
| 23 August 2018 |
São Paulo—At a press conference in João Pessoa, the vice presidential candidate on the plank of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that, if elected, one of the goals of a possible PT government would be to resume the Minha Casa Minha (My House My Life)
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HICtionary Newly Updated |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 06 May 2018 |
HIC-HLRN has just updated the HICtionary: Key Habitat Terms from A to Z. This reference work is the result of deliberation and debate across multiple specializations, regions and cultures within the membership of Habitat International Coalition (HIC). The purpose of that debate—and this reference work—have been to consolidate and harmonize
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Out of Africa: Human Rights Habitat Struggles |
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By :Marie Huchzermeyer, CUBES/Wits Univ. and Joseph Schechla, HLRN |
| 07 November 2017 |
From Africa to the World: Struggling for Human Rights to Housing, Land and the City
Mid-October 2017, Nairobi was host to an intense engagement on housing rights, social justice and the right to the city. This was amid political turmoil in Kenyan towns and cities, and unrelated to this but largely
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South Africa: Repression in Durban |
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By :Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA |
| 04 October 2017 |
Cato Manor residents say eThekwini Municipality carried out brutal and illegal evictions
Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement SA. Press Statement
The Movement of Abahlali baseMjondolo continues to face serious and unlawful repression by the ANC led municipality in Durban. Right now, the community in Cato Manor right now are trying to collect all the
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NUA Reporting in 2018 Crucial |
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By :Gregory Scruggs, Citiscope |
| 11 May 2017 |
2018 reporting period will prove critical for New Urban Agenda, advocates say
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NAIROBI—Although 2017 is not yet halfway over, advocates for the New Urban Agenda on sustainable cities already are looking to next year as critical for embedding the agreement aims among national governments.
That’s because the recent Habitat III conference set
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Alternative Forums outside of Habitat III |
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By :Gregory Scruggs, Citiscope |
| 14 October 2016 |
Even as governments adopt the New Urban Agenda next week, multiple groups plan protests and contrary discussions.
A large crowd gathers at the Urban Social Forum in Rio de Janeiro, which took place as an alternative to the World Urban Forum in March 2010. More such events are expected at next
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HIC Addresses Habitat III PrepCom3 |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 27 July 2016 |
The “New Urban Agenda,” from its inception, is inconsistent with historic agreements, today’s global priorities and the “world we need.” Particular interests have narrowed the Habitat Agenda to urban priorities, subordinated rural areas and ignored issues of forced migration, presuming that urbanization is “inevitable” and beyond human will or policy
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Counting Costs in Congo |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 01 May 2016 |
This week in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), thirty community leaders and field researchers from the villages of the Inga Valley met to consider their fate in view of the planned Inga3 project that proposes to inundate their communities. Organized locally by Association Droit et Developpement (ADEV) the communities’
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HIC-critics on Habitat III Policy Papers |
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By :HIC |
| 05 February 2016 |
Since the very early stages of the Habitat III preparations, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has called for the integrity of the Habitat II (1996) commitments and modalities; this demand has three related aspects:
• Processes must uphold the Habitat II-established principle to be as inclusive as possible;
• Maintain the Habitat Agenda,
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Habitat III Sins of Omission |
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By :Habitat for People - Not for Profit! |
| 01 February 2016 |
Today, a movement of concerned partners engaged in the Habitat III preparations issued a public challenge to the organizers of the global process, calling on them to rethink the omissions and design flaws that narrow the Habitat III public debate and presuppose its outcomes. From the beginning of the deliberative and reporting
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Fractured Continuity: Habitat II to Habitat III |
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By :Joseph Schechla, CitiScope |
| 10 August 2015 |
Wading through the knowledge products of the current Habitat process highlights a failure to account for previous commitments. HIC-HLRN’s Joseph Schechla critiques the process and content of Habitat III against the criteria forged at Habitat II.
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The substantive debate toward next year’s Habitat III conference is now warming up.
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German CSO Forum Addresses Habitat III |
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By :Forum on Environment & Development |
| 31 July 2015 |
The German Forum on Environment & Development was founded in 1992 after the UN conference in Rio on environment and development. Its purpose is to coordinate German NGOs in international political processes on sustainable development. It was strongly involved in the preparation and the civil society processes of the Habitat
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HIC Reviews Habitat III Issue Papers |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 31 July 2015 |
Habitat International Coalition has just issued its compilation of inputs from Members and officers following their review of the Habitat III Issue Papers. The 22 thematic contributions from technical experts selected by the UN-Habitat/Habitat III Secretariat have been drafted as a framework for the debate leading up to the Third
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The Right to the City: Jerusalem |
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By :Joseph Schechla |
| 26 October 2014 |
HIC-HLRN has produced a new report from an ongoing study on the prospects of realizing the principles of the “right to the city” for specific cities in several regions.
This report finds that applying the "right to the city" in Jerusalem challenges the current governance grounded in discrimination against, and dispossession of
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Publication Date |
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UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions
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21 December 2020 |
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تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة
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11 December 2020 |
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Carta a la Presidenta de Chile
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12 February 2018 |
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Recurso de protección Balmaceda Antofamagasta
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12 February 2018 |
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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Gains and Losses of Habitat III
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09 July 2017 |
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الحق في المدينة المفاهيم العامة وتطبيقها على الصعيد المحلي
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14 June 2017 |
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Habitat III Statement
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20 October 2016 |
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Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,
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12 August 2016 |
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A Tool for Evaluative Habitat III Reporting: Responding to the Need for Implementation Reports
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24 July 2016 |
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Restoring Human Rights and Habitat to the Habitat III Process and New Habitat Agenda
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19 July 2016 |
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Making social regulation of real estate markets an issue at Habitat III
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02 February 2016 |
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Comments on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks (overview)
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31 January 2016 |
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Comentarios de HIC a los Documentos Marco sobre Políticas de Hábitat III (resumen)
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31 January 2016 |
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"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC
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18 November 2015 |
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Application des décisions prises par la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les établissements humains (Habitat II) et renforcement du Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains (ONU-Hab
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17 November 2015 |
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Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016
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16 November 2015 |
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Reporte National de México para Hábitat III
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20 October 2015 |
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Herramienta para los Informes Nacionales Paralelos de Hábitat III
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03 August 2015 |
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HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
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Guía para el derecho a la ciudad
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21 July 2015 |
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National Habitat III Parallel-reporting Tool
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20 July 2015 |
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Human Rights Obligations of Local Government
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20 July 2015 |
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أساسيات الموئل الثالث
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16 April 2015 |
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Habitat II Evaluation Criteria
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03 March 2015 |
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Right Where You Live: A Glossary of Right-to-the-city Terms
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01 January 2015 |
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The Right to the City: Cairo
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03 November 2014 |
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The Right to the City: Jerusalem
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26 October 2014 |
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ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles
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11 July 2013 |
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المنتدى الحضري العالمي السادس: مستقبل المدن
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09 July 2012 |
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World Social Forum – Tunisia
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04 July 2012 |
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Urban Social Forum, Naples, Italy, 3-7 September 2012
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04 July 2012 |
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منتدى الأرض، الدورة الثالثة "الأرض وسيادة الشعوب وتقرير المصير"
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17 January 2012 |
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Carta de la Ciudad de México por el Derecho a la Ciudad
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01 September 2011 |
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The continuing debate about urban bias: the thesis, its critics, its influence, and its implications for poverty reduction strategies. Progress in Development Studies, 10 (1)
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18 July 2010 |
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Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City
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01 July 2010 |
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السكن في مصر بين العشوائية والتحضر الرث
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22 May 2010 |
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“De Vancouver 1976 a Vancouver 2006: Una revisión critica desde la perspectiva no gubernamental”
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01 October 2008 |
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Namibia: amendments to draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1 concerning Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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21 November 2006 |
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Enrique Ortiz Flores, "Hacia una Carta Mundial por el Derecho a la Ciudad"
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08 November 2006 |
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World Habitat Day, 2006 (HIC Press Release)
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02 October 2006 |
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Social Production of Housing in Mexico: Its National Importance and Its Economic Impact on Poor Households
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30 September 2006 |
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Social Production of Housing in Mexico: Its National Importance and Its Economic Impact on Poor Households
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30 September 2006 |
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World Charter for the Right to the City
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30 September 2005 |
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Carta Mundial pelo Direito à Cidade
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30 September 2005 |
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Função social da propriedade: análise histórica
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31 August 2005 |
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Urban Policies and the Right to the City Public Debate (discussion paper)
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18 March 2005 |
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Rebuilding from the Ruins, Listening to the Voices from Gujarat and Restoring People`s Rights to Housing, Livelihood and Life, A Report on Ethnic Conflict in Gujarat, India
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30 January 2003 |
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Rebuilding from the Ruins, Listening to the Voices from Gujarat and Restoring People`s Rights to Housing, Livelihood and Life, A Report on Ethnic Conflict in Gujarat, India
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30 January 2003 |
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In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar
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31 December 2001 |
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قانون المدينة: مفاهيم ووسائل جديدة (برازيل)
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10 September 2001 |
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Statute of the City (law No. 10257) general guidelines for urban policy and other measures
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21 July 2001 |
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Statute of the City (law No. 10257) general guidelines for urban policy and other measures
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21 July 2001 |
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El Estatuto da la Ciudad (Lei nº 10.257/01) las directrices generales de la política urb
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10 July 2001 |
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Statut de la ville (Loi n° 10257) les directives générales de la politique urbaine
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10 July 2001 |
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Estatuto da Cidade (Lei nº 10.257/01) a norma geral de Direito Urbanístico ou diretriz g
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10 July 2001 |
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Statut de la ville (Loi n° 10257) les directives générales de la politique urbaine
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10 July 2001 |
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El Estatuto da la Ciudad (Lei nº 10.257/01) las directrices generales de la política urb
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10 July 2001 |
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Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
