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| Habitat Themes | Search results 101 to 110 of 122 |
New issue of Environment and Urbanization |
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| The April 2005 issue is on how to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) in urban areas. | |
The Formosa Government Expropriates Indigenous Land |
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| The Native Peoples Week 2004 began in mourning in Formosa. What originally was meant to be a celebration became a funeral, yet another sign of grief and dispossession affected the Pilagá Village who were expulsed from their land. | |
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Human Settlements Caucus Statement |
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| The NGO signatories to this statement, representing civil society organizations working at community levels around the world, have committed to support the recommendations of Agenda 21 (1992), HABITAT II (1996), and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation | |
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KARACHI: City govt bulldozes lives in pursuit of ‘development’ |
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| 1,500 to 2,500 people were uprooted by the city government’s action, while according to a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) statement, published in this newspaper on Aug 3, 5,000 houses were demolished while 30,000-35,000 people were left homeless. | |
Crisis in Europe and housing |
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| As part of the French EU presidency European ministers responsible for urban development and housing will meet in Marseille, 24th – 25th November 2008 | |
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Guatemala: Americas Social Forum Rejects Neoliberalism, Celebrates Resistance |
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| The Third Americas Social Forum closed on Sunday with a massive rally from the Obelisk in Guatemala City's elite "Zona Viva," past the U.S. Embassy, to the National Palace on the main square in the center of town. With the participation of more than 7,000 delegates from throughout the Americas and Europe, the 6-day event condemned neoliberal economic policies, and pledged to build a better world. | |
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South Africa: No more fires! No more evictions! The poor assert their right to the city! |
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| the residents of Foreman Rd are resisting the opportunistic illegal demolition of their homes by government after they experienced one of the most devastating fires of any informal settlement in the last few years. | |
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Turkey: Forced Evictions in Sulukule, Istanbul |
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| Sulukule is the most ancient Roma neighbourhood in the world. It has been host to the Roma community for centuries. As a consequence of the implementation of urban renewal policies, the Fatih district municipality have started evicting hundreds of people out of their homes. | |
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The long road home: Opportunities and obstacles to the reintegration of IDPs and refugees returning to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas |
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| The study, commissioned by the governments of Canada and Denmark, is the second phase of a research project looking at one of the world's largest return and reintegration processes. | |
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The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today released a statement on World Habitat Day: |
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| "Governments must end forced evictions and address global housing crisis at the root of global financial crisis | |
Habitat International Coalition General Secretariat |
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