Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three
quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use and resulting environmental …

El Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publica su serie de informes “Policy Focus
Report”(Enfoque en Políticas de Suelo) con el objetivo de abordar aquellos temas …

More than 50% of the global population already lives in urban settlements and urban areas
are projected to absorb almost all the global population growth to 2050, amounting to some …

We examine the impact of piped water on the under-1 infant mortality rate (IMR) in Brazil
using a recently developed econometric procedure for the estimation of quantile treatment …

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or
deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this …

The world is urbanizing quickly with nearly 4 billion people presently living in urban areas,
about 1 billion of them in slums. Achieving sustainable development from rapid urbanization …

The United Nations' New Urban Agenda (NUA) calls for housing to play a prominent role in
achieving more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities. Latin America offers more …

Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and
have very high home ownership rates. However, many of the region's inhabitants are still …

Millions of slum dwellers suffer from poor accessibility to urban services due to inadequate
road infrastructure within slums, and road planning for slums is critical to the sustainable …

The proliferation of slums in many cities of the developing countries has been widely
discussed in the literature as a great concern to most countries. The complexities of the slum …