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Book cover (8k) Our Cities Our Home
A to Z Guide on Human Settlements Issues
Compiled by Sri Husnaini Sofjan and Eugene Raj Arokiasamy
Publisher: Southbound & Asia Pacific 2000 - UNDP
ISBN 983-9054-17-X 186 pages, 21x29.7cm, US$15.00
 
Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Introduction
1. The Frameworks
Our Cities Our Homes - The People’s Agenda
Action for Better Cities (ABC)
Asian Poor People’s View of a Sustainable City
2. A to Z Guide on Human Settlements Issues
3. 96 Ideas for Action - What You Can Do to Promote the Following:
Social Justice
Cultural Vibrancy
Political Participation
Ecological Sustainability
Economic Productivity
4. Information Resources
Useful Articles and Publications
Journals and Magazines of Interest
A Compendium of Websites on Urban Development organisations, Institutes and UN Agencies
Networks for Urban Action - A Guide on the Who, What and Where on Urban Management in Asia and the Pacific
5. Appendixes
The Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements
The Habitat Agenda: Goals and Principles, Commitments and the Global Plan of Action

Chapter I, PREAMBLE
Chapter II, GOALS AND PRINCIPALS
Chapter III, COMMITMENTS
   A. Adequate shelter for all
   B. Sustainable human settlements
   C. Enablement and participation
   D. Gender equality
   E. Financing shelter and human settlements
   F. International cooperation
   G. G. Assessing progress

Chapter IV, GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION: STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION
   A. Introduction
   B. Adequate shelter for all
   C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world
   D. Capacity-building and institutional development
   E. Internation cooperation and coordination
   F. Implementation and follow-up of the Habitat Agenda

The United Nations Conference on Environment & Development - Agenda 21, Chapter 7, Promoting Sustainable Settlements Development
Introduction
Programme Areas
   A. Providing adequate shelter for all
   B. Improving human settlement
   C. Promoting Sustainable Land-Use Planning and Management
   D. Promoting the Integrated Provision of Environmental Infrastructure: Water, Sanitation, Drainage, and Soil-Waste Management
   E. Promoting Sustainable Energy and Transport system in Human Settlements
   F. Promoting Human Settlements Planning and Management in-Disaster-Prone Areas
   G. Promoting Sustainable Construction Industry Activities
   H. Promoting Human Resource Development and Capacity-Building for Human Settlements Development

Final Declaration of the World Assembly of Cities and Local Authorities (WACLA), Istanbul, 30-31 May 1996.

Architecture: Future of Cities Declaration, Calcutta

Yokohama Statement ‘96 on Urban Cultural Individuality

Asian Youth Declaration for Habitat II – The United Nations Conference on Human Settlements

United Nations and Other Globally Significant Annual Days and Weeks

The UN System - Contact for NGOs

List of UN Acronyms


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