Archive | August, 2013

The Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative

Ethiopia is now among the most rapidly urbanizing countries in the world. According to UN estimates, Ethiopia’s urban population will triple between 2010 and 2040. Preliminary city-level population projections suggest that some of Ethiopia’s larger cities will much more than triple their 2010 population by 2040: Hawassa’s 2010 population will grow more than 6-fold by [...]

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Building Together: Issues in Mutual‑Aid Housing (1981)

Title: Building Together: Issues in Mutual‑Aid Housing (1981) - unpublished Article Information: a training manual in self‑help and mutual‑ ‑aid housing, prepared for the Fourth United Nations Commission on Human Settlements, Manila Authors: Shlomo Angel, Zilla Phoativongsacharn Date: 1978 Overview:  This booklet was produced as a teaching tool for practitioners involved in planning and building housing communities with low-income people in [...]

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