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Werkstatt-Stadt präsentiert auf einer Internet-Plattform gute Beispiele aus der bundesweiten Städtebaupraxis. Derzeit finden Sie 107 innovative Projekte im Städtebau. Die Sammlung "Innovative Projekte im Städtebau" (IProS) versteht sich als Informations- und Transferbeitrag für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im Sinne der Agenda 21. Zugleich will IProS einen Beitrag zur Stadtbaukultur in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland liefern. http://www.werkstatt-stadt.de/ipros/ |
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Forschungsprogramm
Experimenteller Wohnungs- und Städtebau “ExWoSt” Präsentation innovativer Planungen und Maßnahmen zu wichtigen städtebau- und wohnungspolitischen Themen in Deutschland. http://www.bbr.bund.de/exwost/index.html |
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Dubai International Award for Best Practices |
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UN-HABITAT Best
Practices Database This searchable database contains over 2150 proven solutions from more than 140 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development. http://www.bestpractices.org http://www.unhabitat.org/ |
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Committee on Human Settlements The Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) set up a Panel on Housing Problems, which later evolved into the Committee on Human Settlements (CHS). The Committee is an intergovernmental body of all ECE member States; it provides a forum for the compilation, dissemination and exchange of information and experience on housing, urban development, land administration including national and local objectives and policies http://www.unece.org |
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Building and
Social Housing Foundation This database contains practical and innovative solutions to current housing problems throughout the world. Initiated in 1985, the annual World Habitat Awards competition attracts projects which provide an outstanding contribution to people's living conditions in a variety of contexts. http://www.bshf.org |
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TECHNOLOGY GROUP Largest NGO working in the building sector promoting appropriate technologies and Green Architecture in India today. http://www.habitatgroup.org/aboutus.htm |
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Cities Alliance A global alliance of cities and their development partners committed to improve the living conditions of the urban poor through action http://www.citiesalliance.org/citiesalliancehomepage.nsf |
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Urban Upgrading Communities An interactive site with choices, tradeoffs, tools, and 'hints' targeted to administrators and practitioners. http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrading/index.html
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The United
Nations Environmental Programme The EST Database lists 91 annotated databases http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/database/index.asp
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UNIFEM
is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. http://www.unifem.org/ |
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United Nations Development Programme UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life http://www.undp.org/
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Zentrum für Internationale
Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) Seine Aufgabe ist es, zur Stärkung internationaler ziviler Kapazitäten zur Krisenprävention, Konfliktlösung und Friedenskonsolidierung durch insbesondere die folgenden Maßnahmen beizutragen, z.B. durch Training von zivilen Fach- und Führungskräften für internationale Friedens- und Beobachtungseinsätze oder durch Erstellung von unabhängigen wissenschaftlichen Analysen, Erarbeitung von Lessons Learned und Best Practices, Beratung und Information, Durchführung von Seminaren und Konferenzen etc. http://www.zif-berlin.org/ |
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The Social Science Information
Gateway (SOSIG) aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. Most sources are UK based. http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ |
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The
ODI's Africa Web Portal has been updated and restructured. These links lead directly to a wealth of ODI material on Africa: ODI research reports, Briefing Papers, Opinion pieces and meeting reports on these themes, together with reports of work carried out directly for the Commission, including the results of e-consultations in Africa. http://www.odi.org.uk/Africa_Portal/ |
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id21 is a free service that
communicates the latest UK-based international development research to decision-makers and practitioners working in developing countries: http://www.id21.org. id21 is enabled by the UK Department for International Development and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex |
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This database contains
over 2150 solutions from more than 140 countries to the common social,
economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world.
http://www.bestpractices.org/
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