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WRI Responds to the Surabaya Draft of Habitat III’s New Urban Agenda

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The third session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Surabaya, Indonesia in July was an opportunity for
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Planning Inclusive Cities: Working with the Revealed Spatial Preferences of Urban Migrants in Asia - Annette Kim

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Even in centrally planned cities, informal markets reveal the housing demand preferences not being served by either public policy or formal markets. Dr.
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Interview with Somsook Booyanbacha

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In light of the upcoming World Resources Report on Cities, we interviewed Somsook Booyanbacha of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights.
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Inclusive City Development: City-Wide Slum Upgrading and Housing Development - Somsook Booyanbacha

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The presentation focuses on how community driven city-wide slum upgrading and housing development is an important process in solving urban poverty, slums growth, illegal squatting, inequality and unhealthy living conditions on a big scale.
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Managing Urban Expansion: From Global Monitoring to Stakes in the Ground - Shlomo Angel

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Dr. Shlomo (Solly) Angel leads the NYU Urban Expansion Program.
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