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Category: Urban Development and Management
Category: 4th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum
[Event] - Posted by: Alice DeSagun - Sat 18 May, 2013
The Asia-Pacific Housing Forum is a biennial conference organized by Habitat for Humanity. (...)
Category: Finalistas Premios Mundiales del Hábitat 2013: soluciones de vivienda centrada en las personas
[News] - Posted by: Mariana Gallo - Fri 17 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
Una auténtica selección de buenas prácticas en vivienda se encuentra en los finalistas de los Premios Mundiales del Hábitat, 2013, anunciados hoy (17.05.13).
Los diez finalistas de los Premios, financiados y coordinados cada año por la BSHF, han sido elegidos entre más de 200 proyectos de todo el mundo e incluyen proyectos sobre personas sin hogar, el acceso a la energía limpia en zonas rurales y gestión de servicios por las comunidades, tanto como la restauración y la vida sostenible en ciudades.
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Los diez finalistas de los Premios, financiados y coordinados cada año por la BSHF, han sido elegidos entre más de 200 proyectos de todo el mundo e incluyen proyectos sobre personas sin hogar, el acceso a la energía limpia en zonas rurales y gestión de servicios por las comunidades, tanto como la restauración y la vida sostenible en ciudades.
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Category: World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists show people-centred housing in action
[News] - Posted by: Mariana Gallo - Fri 17 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
A true cross-section of good practice in housing can be found in the 2013 World Habitat Award finalists, announced today (17 May 2013).
The ten finalists for the Awards, funded and co-ordinated each year by the Building and Social Housing Foundation, have been chosen from a list of over 200 projects from across the globe and include projects focusing on homeless people, access to clean energy and community-led service provision as well as restoration and sustainable living in cities.
The World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists are:
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The ten finalists for the Awards, funded and co-ordinated each year by the Building and Social Housing Foundation, have been chosen from a list of over 200 projects from across the globe and include projects focusing on homeless people, access to clean energy and community-led service provision as well as restoration and sustainable living in cities.
The World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists are:
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Category: Rockefeller Pledges $100-Million to Help 100 Cities Cope With Crises
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Fri 17 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Ben Gose
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced a three-year, $100-million effort to help 100 cities around the world develop plans to become more resilient to catastrophes.
The funds will be used to hire “chief resilience officers” in each of the cities who will coordinate efforts to help withstand shocks due to climate change, economic collapses, terrorist attacks, and pandemics.
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The funds will be used to hire “chief resilience officers” in each of the cities who will coordinate efforts to help withstand shocks due to climate change, economic collapses, terrorist attacks, and pandemics.
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Category: Foundation launches 'Resilient Cities Challenge'
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Fri 17 May, 2013 - Author(s):The Rockefeller Foundation yesterday announced its "100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge", part of the foundation's US$100-million (about Bt3 billion) effort to build urban resilience in cities around
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Category: SKYE BANK GRANT: VOTE 4 CHILD & GREEN on May 27th...Please !!!
Posted by: ABORISADE ADETOLA - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Aborisade Adetola Ayoola
SKYE BANK CHILDREN DAY GRANT: i am appealing to the change makers on this platform to massively vote for Child & Green Foundation on 27th of May 2013.. (...)
Category: Poor physical planning blamed on politicians
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Fred Turyakira
Political interference has led to the messy situation and poor physical planning in urban centres in the country, Savino Katsigaire, the director of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has said.
“It is lack of integrity for politicians to ignore the existing laws and interfere in the planning of towns instead of giving experts the freedom to play their role in planning the towns,” he said.
He added that politicians do this in order to safeguard their votes.
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“It is lack of integrity for politicians to ignore the existing laws and interfere in the planning of towns instead of giving experts the freedom to play their role in planning the towns,” he said.
He added that politicians do this in order to safeguard their votes.
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Category: Kenya Electricity Generating Company raises Olkaria geothermal plant's potential to 350 MW
[News] - Posted by: Kennedy Muzee - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Reuters
NAIVASHA, KENYA - Kenya Electricity Generating Company ( KenGen) said that its new geothermal plant under construction in the Rift Valley is expected to generate more power than previous estimates.
Kenya frequently suffers power outages and is racing to wean itself off unreliable rain-fed hydroelectric dams. (...)
Kenya frequently suffers power outages and is racing to wean itself off unreliable rain-fed hydroelectric dams. (...)
Category: Home Ministry proposes city management bill to anticipate urban growth
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s):
As more cities develop into metropolises, the Home Ministry initiated a new bill on urban management to tackle urban development problems.
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