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Downtown Poverty: Methods of Analysis and Interventions: A Sourcebook for Practitioners Title: Pobreza en áreas centrales urbanas: Métodos de análisis e intervenciones: Manual de consulta para profesionales
Quartesan, Alessandra (contributor);  … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
.3 billion people live in urban areas. This significant increase in urban population has resulted from both natural population … growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two …-thirds of the urban population lives in developing countries and the increasing level of urbanization in those countries have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772346
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Incremental Construction: A Strategy to Facilitate Access to Housing
Greene, Margarita; Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and mortgage loans to unleash the potential of individuals and communities to produce and improve dwellings. However, the approach failed to benefit lower-income households, as they have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193489
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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: The Case of Edinburgh, UK
Zappino, Vincenzo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper provides a detailed analysis of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The working methodology is based on constant interaction with the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and all other stakeholders of the heritage site.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673248
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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: The Case of Edinburgh, UK
Zappino, Vincenzo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper provides a detailed analysis of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The working methodology is based on constant interaction with the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and all other stakeholders of the heritage site.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652924
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Incremental Construction: A Strategy to Facilitate Access to Housing
Greene, Margarita; Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and mortgage loans to unleash the potential of individuals and communities to produce and improve dwellings. However, the approach failed to benefit lower-income households, as they have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654641