Slum — A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN HABITAT, is a run down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security . The term has traditionally referred to housing areas that were once… … Wikipedia
Slum Networking — is a holistic approach for improving urban infrastructure, developed by Himanshu Parikh [http://archnet.org/library/parties/one party.tcl?party id=421] of Ahmedabad, India. It addresses a range of facilities needed by slum dwellers:… … Wikipedia
Kathputhli slum — The Kathputhli Slum Area is an urban slum in Jaipur the capital of Rajasthan, North West India, with a population of approximately 10,000 people. The population of the slum in Kathputhli is mainly inhabited by the low caste sweepers, rag pickers … Wikipedia
Kibera — View of Kibera Kibera (Nubian: Forest or Jungle[1]) is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre … Wikipedia
Kiambiu — (sometimes spelled as Kiambio ) is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya with 40 50,000 residents. Kiambiu is located 4 kilometers East of the center of Nairobi. The name Kiambiu comes from the Swahili word mbiu mbiu , which translates as to be on the run .… … Wikipedia
Urban Poor Associates — (UPA) is a non governmental organization (NGO) registered with the Philippine government. It was established in 1992. Since then it has educated over 285,000 families in housing rights matters and assisted 510 communities in eviction crises. It… … Wikipedia
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Micro credit for water supply and sanitation — is an innovative application of micro credit to provide loans to small enterprises and households in order to increase access to an improved water source and sanitation in developing countries. While most investments in water supply and… … Wikipedia
Housing and Development Board — The Housing and Development Board (Abbreviation: HDB; Simplified Chinese: 建屋发展局; Malay: Lembaga Pembangunan dan Perumahan ; Tamil: வீடமைப்பு வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம் ) is the statutory board of the Ministry of National Development responsible for public… … Wikipedia
Clement Attlee — Attlee redirects here. For other people named Attlee, see Atlee (name). For other uses, see Atlee. The Right Honourable The Earl Attlee KG OM CH FRS PC … Wikipedia
