Implementing the Habitat Agenda: Towards Child-Centred Human Settlement Development in Developing Countries

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This work was initially prepared as an information document for the 16th session of the UN Commission on Human Settlements, held in Nairobi in 1997. It presents detailed data on the habitat-related problems of children, a set of recommendations to support action in developing countries, and a method to evaluate implementation of actions. Discusses housing and social conditions, displaced families, education, and health, and presents 44 pages of statistical and other tables. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)