- Name of organization / website:
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- United Nations
- Best Practices Database
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- Reference to source:
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- http://oboe.symgrp.com/habitat/html/index.html
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- Award Program:
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- Habitat Best Practices Local Leadership Programme
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- Number of units of information:
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- Winning (12 records); Best Practices (100 records); and Good Practices (over 200
records) and more
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- Contact for source:
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- United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS-Habitat)
- e-mail; habitat2@unep.no
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- The Together Foundation
- http://www.together.org/
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- Description of source:
- Nature of best practices described:
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- urban problems facing the world's cities (Poverty Eradication, Economic Development,
Social Services, Infrastructure, Housing and Land Use, Urban Governance, Civic Engagement
and Cultural Vitality, Gender Equity and Equality, Disaster and Emergency Preparedness,
Production and Consumption Patterns,Urban and Regional Planning Processes, Technology and
Tools, Environmental Protection)
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- Example of best practice description:
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- Basic Infrastructure
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- Search capabilities:
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- Select records by Geographic Region
- Select records by Project Initiative
- Select records by Ecosystem, Scale, or Partnership
- Select the Award Winning records
- Select all records
- Search the database by keyword or multiple criteria
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- Other:
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- also available on CD-rom
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