Urban Upgrading
Tashi Wangmo Hi guys, I will be joinng u guys from now on...cya
Ahmad Wali Ghani But this physical improvement is only the beginning: health issues need to be addressed by providing clinics and health education programs, school facilities and teacher training are needed to attack the lack of basic education, and lastly programs are offered to increase income earning opportunities and the general ec...onomic health of a community. Upgrading is the start to becoming a recognized citizen.
Ahmad Wali Ghani Upgrading customarily provides a package of improvements in streets, footpaths and drainage as well. Solid waste collection is frequently included with its positive impact on health, along with street lights for security and night activity. Electricity to homes is often initiated later - and sometimes even before! - By private companies.
Ahmad Wali Ghani Upgrading - or slum improvement as it is also called - in low income urban communities is many things, but at its simplest it has come to mean a package of basic services: clean water supply and adequate sewage disposal to improve the well-being of the community. But fundamental is legalizing and ‘regularizing’ the ...properties in situations of insecure or unclear tenure.
Urban Upgrading
The Development Link:
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/devtlinx.htm
"Prepared by Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. Excellent collection of sources, includes..."
Doesn't seem to work. Is there a new link to this source? This link can be found at:
http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrad
www.man.ac.uk
Urban Upgrading
The link for:
One World
http://www.oneworld.org
"Gateway to non-governmental organizations. Contains news, directory of NGOs, job listings, access to Earthscan and Intermediate Technology Books, and more."
Does not work. What's the correct url?
This link can be found at: http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrad
www.oneworld.org
This group is building an awareness of the problem of providing services to the urban poor in developing countries by evaluating upgrading projects.
