Urban Tenure

Severe congestion, poor air quality,
increases in road accidents, and explosive growth in energy
consumption are manifestations of rapid motorization in
cities around the globe, especially in the developing world.
The tendency in most developing cities has been to deal with

Le présent arrêté fixe les modalités d’application du dernier alinéa de l’article 19 du décret n°2014-205 du 13 mars 2014, portant réglementation de la délivrance de permis de construire en République du Bénin. Il précise les attributions, la composition et le fonctionnement de la Commission Départementale du Permis de Construire.

Le présent arrêté fixe les modalités d’application des articles n°31 à 34 du décret n°2014-205 du 13 mars 2014, portant réglementation de la délivrance de permis de construire en République du Bénin. Il précise les attributions, la composition et le fonctionnement de la Commission Nationale du Permis de Construire.

Le présent arrêté fixe les modalités d’application du dernier alinéa de l’article 20 du décret n°2014-205 du 13 mars 2014, portant réglementation de la délivrance de permis de construire en République du Bénin. Il précise les attributions, la composition et le fonctionnement de la Communale ou Municipale du Permis de Construire.

Le présent arrêté, sur tout le territoire de la République du Bénin, fixe les prescriptions minimales à observer pour la délivrance du permis de construire.

Housing matters to the livability of
cities and to the productivity of their economies. The
failure of cities to accommodate the housing needs of
growing urban populations can be seen in the proliferation
of poorly serviced, high-density informal settlements. Such

The trend toward ever greater
urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According
to the United Nations, by 2025 closes to 5 billion people
will live in urban areas. Many cities, especially in the
developing world, are set to explode in size. Over the next

Urbanization deserves urgent attention
from policy makers, academics, entrepreneurs, and social
reformers of all stripes. Nothing else will create as many
opportunities for social and economic progress. The
urbanization project began roughly 1,000 years after the

The great 21st-century migration into
cities will present both a great challenge for humanity and
a significant opportunity for global economic growth. This
paper describes the diverse patterns that define this
metropolitan migration. It then lays out a framework for

Urbanization is undoubtedly a key driver
of development - cities provide the national platform for
prosperity, job creation, and poverty reduction. But
urbanization also poses enormous challenges that one is
familiar with: congestion, air pollution, social divisions,

This paper focuses on several
interrelated key questions on the geography of development.
Although we herald cities with their industrial bases as
'engines of growth,' does industrialization in
fact drive urbanization?1 What economic activities do cities

A fundamental challenge for Vietnam is
to improve the affordability and efficiency of
infrastructure investment. The fragmentation of public
infrastructure investment results in duplication and waste,
and is a major underlying cause of investment inefficiency.