E-LIBRARY

E-LIBRARY

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OUR Goal is to create easy access to information regarding the human settlement sector in Uganda. If you have any additional resources, please contact the SAA SECRETARIAT via ssa.uganda@gmail.com

Please find below resources organized in the following categories:

HOUSING

About Slum Upgrading (Cities Alliance, No Date)

Building Urban Safety through Slum Upgrading (UN Habitat, 2011)

Eviction: Alternatives to the Destruction of Urban Poor Communities (UN Habitat/City Alliances, 2011)

Forced Evictions , Global Crisis, Global Solutions (UN Habitat, 2011)

Health Effects of Forced Evictions in Mumbai (Brief) (Nuffeld Institute for Health, 1999)

Kikaramoja (Jinja Town) Informal Settlement Enumeration Report (Act Together, 2009)

Losing Your Home: Assessing the Impact of Eviction (UN Habitat, 2011)

Low Income Housing - How to Address the Issue in African Cities (UN Habitat, 2011)

Rental Housing: A Much Neglected Housing Option for the Poor (UN Habitat, 2011)

State of African Cities 2010 (UN Habitat, 2010)

State of the World's Cities 2010/2011 - Cities for All: Bridging the Urban Divide (UN Habitat, 2011)

HOUSING FINANCE

Access to Housing Finance in Kenya: Exploring the Issues (Mutero, 2007)

Access to Housing Finance in Uganda: Exploring the Issues (Kalema & Kayiira, 2008)

Background Paper on Shelter Finance (Mitlin, 2007)

Housing Finance: Ways to Help the Poor Pay for Housing (UN Habitat/Cities Alliances, 2011)

Market Conditions for Housing Loans in Uganda (Nillson, 2012)

Workshop Report: Growing Sustainable Housing Microfinance Options in Sub-Saharan Africa (Rooftops Canada, 2010)

LAND

A Guide to Property Rights in Uganda (UN Habitat, 2007)

Land: A Crucial Element in Housing the Urban Poor

Land Tenure and International Investment in Agriculture (Committee on World Food Security, 2011)

Monitoring Security of Tenure in Cities (UN Habitat, 2012)

Not About Us Without Us: Working With Grassroots Organisations in the Land Field (UN Habitat, 2011)

Protecting Community Lands and Resources: Evidence From Mozambique, Liberia and Uganda (Knight e.a., 2012)

Secure Land Rights for All (UN Habitat, 2008)

Situational Analysis of Informal Settlements in Kampala (UN Habitat, 2007)

The Land Market in Kampala, Uganda and Its Effect on Settlement Patterns (International Housing Coalition, 2009)

Urban Development -Promoting Jobs, Upgrading Slums (Cities Alliance, no date)

Urban Land Markets , Economic Concepts and Tools for Engaging in Africa (UN Habitat, 2010)

Urban World: Cities and Land Rights (UN Habitat, 2011)

HIV/AIDS AND HOUSING

Examining the Link Between HIV/AIDS and Slum Households in Kampala: Case Study of Naguru 2 Parish (SSA: UHSNET, 2008)

Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and HIV in South Africa (Oxfam, 2001) (Temporarily Unavailable)

Overview - HIV/AIDS is a Housing Issue. (Rooftops, 2006)

GENDER

Gendering Land Tools (Temporarily Unavailable)

Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective; A Training Package (UN Habitat, 2011)

Gender Land and Asset Survey (ICRW, 2011)

Highlights From Studying Promotion of Women’s Participation in SACCOs (Kamuhanda & Peterlechner, no date)

Gender and Housing Development in the Low Income Suburbs of Jinja Municipality, Uganda (OSSREA, no date)

Guaranteeing the Right to Adequate Housing and Shelter in Uganda (Human Rights and Peace Center, 2007)

Impact of Forced Evictions of Women (Briefing Paper) (Cohre, 2010)

International Agreements on Housing and Gender (UNED Forum, 1996)

How do Community-Based Legal Programs Work: Understanding the Process and Benefits of a Pilot Program to Advance Women’s Property Rights in Uganda (ICRW, 2011)

Land Ownership and Property Control: Grassroots Women Document Innovations in Practice (Leavitt e.a., 2006)

Literature Review on Land and Gender Surveys in Uganda (Rugadya e.a., 2008)

Property Rights and Marginalized Groups in Uganda (Mulumba, 2006)

Women’s Control Over Economic Resources and Access to Financial Resources, including Microfinance (United Nations, 2009)

Women's Property Rights Violations in Kenya (Human Rights Watch, 2003)

ENVIRONMENT

Land, Environment and Climate Change: Challenges, Responses and Tools (UN Habitat, 2010)

Managing City Growth and Development in the Context of Environmental Changes Within Sub-Saharan Africa (International Potato Center-Urban Harvest, 2006)

Population, Urban Development and the Environment in Kampala (Makerere University, No Date)

INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

Urban Poverty: A Global View (Baker, 2008)

A Guide to Property Law in Uganda

National Slum Upgrading Policy

Policy Guide to Rental Housing in Developing Countries