Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano de 2011
Author: UNDP
Publication Date: December 1, 2011
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Publication Date: December 1, 2011
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O Relatório do Desenvolvimento Humano de 2011 oferece novos e importantes contributos para o diálogo global sobre este desafio, mostrando como a sustentabilidade está indissociavelmente ligada às questões básicas da equidade – ou seja, a problemas de imparcialidade e justiça social e de um maior acesso a melhor qualidade de vida. A sustentabilidade não é,...
Angola Poverty & Environmental Vulnerability: Comparative Analysis of Luanda, Huambo and Cachiungo Final Report
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Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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The report provides evidence that rising land prices has forced the urban poor out of inner-city informal musseques to occupy lower-valued environmentally risky sites such as river basins, dangerous slopes and areas susceptible to flooding on the margins of cities like Luanda.
Angola Poverty & Environmental Vulnerability: Comparative Analysis of Luanda, Huambo and Cachiungo Final Report
Author: Development Workshop
Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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The report provides evidence that rising land prices has forced the urban poor out of inner-city informal musseques to occupy lower-valued environmentally risky sites such as river basins, dangerous slopes and areas susceptible to flooding on the margins of cities like Luanda.
Angola Poverty & Environmental Vulnerability: Comparative Analysis of Luanda, Huambo and Cachiungo Final Report
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Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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Publication Date: November 15, 2011
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The report provides evidence that rising land prices has forced the urban poor out of inner-city informal musseques to occupy lower-valued environmentally risky sites such as river basins, dangerous slopes and areas susceptible to flooding on the margins of cities like Luanda.
Luanda Final Report
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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This report documents the five aspects of poverty in Luanda and the way in which they vary spatially and interact in Luanda. Remote sensing was used to identify settlement typologies with similar physical and socio-economic characteristics for the City of Luanda in order to be able to generalize about the status of each of the...
Catchiungo Final Report
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Catchiungo (or Katchiungo) is a typical third-tier municipal city that has been left out of most researches up until now. Catchiungo was largely depopulated during the war, and suffered serious damage. Like many Angolan municipal centres, Catchiungo is rebuilding itself as a regional market town in the last post-conflict years. The city of Catchiungo has...
Huambo City Final Report
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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This report focuses on the research in the city of Huambo. The research used field research and new mapping techniques to, firstly, supply baseline data on the five characteristics which the United Nations uses to define slums for the Millennium Development Goals and, secondly, to explore in more depth the spatial aspects of poverty and...
Angola Poverty & Environmental Vulnerability: Luanda Final Report
Author: Development Workshop
Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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This report documents the five aspects of poverty in Luanda and the way in which they vary spatially and interact in Luanda. Remote sensing was used to identify settlement typologies with similar physical and socio-economic characteristics for the City of Luanda in order to be able to generalize about the status of each of the...
Angola Poverty & Environmental Vulnerability: Catchiungo Final Report
Author: Development Workshop
Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Catchiungo (or Katchiungo) is a typical third-tier municipal city that has been left out of most researches up until now. Catchiungo was largely depopulated during the war, and suffered serious damage. Like many Angolan municipal centres, Catchiungo is rebuilding itself as a regional market town in the last post-conflict years. The city of Catchiungo has...
Angola Poverty & Environmental Vulnerability: Huambo City Final Report
Author: Development Workshop
Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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This report focuses on the research in the city of Huambo. The research used field research and new mapping techniques to, firstly, supply baseline data on the five characteristics which the United Nations uses to define slums for the Millennium Development Goals and, secondly, to explore in more depth the spatial aspects of poverty and...
Luanda Final Report
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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This report documents the five aspects of poverty in Luanda and the way in which they vary spatially and interact in Luanda. Remote sensing was used to identify settlement typologies with similar physical and socio-economic characteristics for the City of Luanda in order to be able to generalize about the status of each of the...
Catchiungo Final Report
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Catchiungo (or Katchiungo) is a typical third-tier municipal city that has been left out of most researches up until now. Catchiungo was largely depopulated during the war, and suffered serious damage. Like many Angolan municipal centres, Catchiungo is rebuilding itself as a regional market town in the last post-conflict years. The city of Catchiungo has...
Huambo City Final Report
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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Publication Date: November 14, 2011
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This report focuses on the research in the city of Huambo. The research used field research and new mapping techniques to, firstly, supply baseline data on the five characteristics which the United Nations uses to define slums for the Millennium Development Goals and, secondly, to explore in more depth the spatial aspects of poverty and...
Counting rooftops: Innovative remote-sensing techniques chart poverty in Angola
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Publication Date: November 12, 2011
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Publication Date: November 12, 2011
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Since 2002, when decades of civil conflict ended, Angola has struggled to rebuild. Its planners are hampered, however, by a shortage of reliable data about their own country’s population and environment. During the long conflict, Angola’s cities mushroomed when the rural economy collapsed and many parts of the countryside became unsafe. An influx of poor...
Counting rooftops: Innovative remote-sensing techniques chart poverty in Angola
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Publication Date: November 12, 2011
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Publication Date: November 12, 2011
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Since 2002, when decades of civil conflict ended, Angola has struggled to rebuild. Its planners are hampered, however, by a shortage of reliable data about their own country’s population and environment. During the long conflict, Angola’s cities mushroomed when the rural economy collapsed and many parts of the countryside became unsafe. An influx of poor...