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Cities Feeding People: An examination of urban agriculture in East Africa
Axumite G. Egziabher
For the urban poor of of the South, food is becoming a prohibitively expensive commodity. By the late 1980s, cities of the developing world were required to import half of their food supply. This book argues that urban agriculture can reduce this dependency, and demonstrates that it is a safe, clean and secure method of feeding urban populations.
ISBN 088936706X, (IDRC), 1994, 146pp, £9.95,

Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development in Asia
Edited by Kulwant Singh, Florian Steinberg and Nathaniel von Einsiedel
This book brings together a range of papers on innovative approaches to integrated urban infrastructure provision in Asian countries. Contributors include policy-makers, professionals and planners from across Asia. The models and practices described in the book comprise a major contribution to advancing the cause of sustainable urban development. The book includes overview articles; country papers from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Nepal, India and Turkey; general thematic papers; and concludes by looking to the future. The aim is to share experience and good practice with professionals worldwide.
ISBN 1853393541, (ITP), 1996, 446pp, £19.95,

The Poor Die Young: Housing and health in Third World cities
Edited by Jorge E. Hardoy, Sandy Cairncross and David Satterthwaite
In the Third World hundreds of million of people live in overcrowded houses with no safe water, no sewers and health care. There is no garbage collection service or drains to prevent flooding. For the injured there is no professional help and no access to hospitals or health care. Therefore there is an unprecedented scale of ill-health, disablement and premature death. This book describes the ways in which most of these problems could be solved or alleviated quickly and cheaply.
ISBN 1853830194, (Earthscan), 1990, 308pp, £13.95,

Services for the Urban Poor: A select bibliography
Richard Franceys and Andrew Cotton
The result of a review of the literature on infrastructure design for urban low-income housing. Covers infrastructure planning; site preparation; drainage; roads and access; water supply; power supply; sanitation; solid waste management.
ISBN 1853391883, (ITP), 1993, 84pp, £15.95,

Urban Land Tenure and Property Rights in Developing Countries: A rview
Geoffrey Payne
This review surveys the extensive international literature on the subject. It proposes a typology which includes statutory, customary and unauthorized tenure systems, as a basis for assessing existing problems and formulating appropriate policies. It concludes with recommendations for improving tenure security which maximize benefits to the poor and minimize market distortion.
ISBN 1853394009, (ITP), 1997, 80pp, £14.95,

The Urban Opportunity: The work of NGOs in cities of the South
Nicolas Hall
The human habitat is undergoing a transformation from rural to urban. By the year 2000 half of humanity will live in cities and towns. It is now being recognised, among development professionals, that urban poverty is massive and growing and that rural development initiatives are no longer relevant in slowing rural to urban migration as growth has its own internal dynamic stemming from natural population increase. This book is an important tool to understanding the true level of urban poverty and the essential role that the urban poor play in supporting urban and hence national economies and therefore resulting in a more positive attitude to urban areas and the work being done by governments and NGOs.
ISBN 1853393479, (ITP), 1996, 144pp, £9.95,