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The scope of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing is to improve sustainability of housing in the ECE region through effective policies and actions at all levels, supported by international cooperation, in order to contribute to sustainable development in the region. English
- Pусский
Данная публикация– это результат исследования, проведенного с целью сбора всесторонней информации о системах управления земельными ресурсами разных стран. Данное исследование включает в себя большое количество аспектов, некоторые из которых относятся к услугам этих стран, применению ими электронных технологий при оказании услуг, защите странами собственных данных и возможностям восстановления ими
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The study presented here is the result of a survey to gather comprehensive information on countries' land administration systems. This includes the efficiency of their services, the security of their data and their ability to recover data and services in the event of a disaster, to name only a few of the aspects covered.
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This document presents summaries of the expert presentations during the workshop. Discussion focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on housing affordability, the responses of different governments, and ways to increase social housing.English
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This report compiles the speeches made by ministers responsible for housing, spatial planning and land administration and heads of delegations of thirty countries of the UNECE region at the Third Ministerial Meeting on Housing and Land Management held on 8 October 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The fruitful discussion at the Ministerial Meeting, as mirrored in this report, provided a great
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This report provides practical recommendations to help overcome barriers to energy efficiency in housing. The report builds on the Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region - a concrete and comprehensive list of actions to support housing energy efficiency.English
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This country profile on the housing and land management sectors of Ukraine is the sixteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The country profile programme continues to emphasize in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, while also focusing on specific challenges or achievements in the housing and land management sectors that are
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The Strategy aims at promoting sustainable housing and land management in the ECE region. It will guide the work of the Committee, its Working Party on Land Administration and the Real Estate Market Advisory Group. It will also further strengthen the implementation of existing tools and policy guidance of the Committee as well as contribute to the overall improvement of the housing and land
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According to the survey, inefficient use of energy in the housing sector, increased problems of housing affordability due to financial and economic crisis, increased damages from climate changes to housing and human settlements, non-efficient use of urban land, low political attention to housing and urban management issues – are some of the major challenges faced by member States in the areas
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Green Homes: Towards energy efficient housing in the UNECE region was first issued in 2009, in both English and Russian. Because of the widespread interest in this publication, UNECE decided to reprint it.Green Homes illustrates the multiple environmental, economic and social benefits arising from a transition towards energy-efficient housing. It outlines the required institutional changes
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This report outlines a range of systemic interrelated measures for a progressive transformation towards low-energy, low-carbon, highly resilient and ultimately climate neutral cities. Its recommendations fall under four main headings, with coordination through a well.managed city level framework being perhaps the most essential ingredient for success.
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The National Action Plan of Montenegro for Energy Efficiency Measures in the Residential Sector is the first spin-off of the UNECE Action Plan. It aims at assisting the Government of Montenegro in enhancing its energy efficiency policy for residential buildings through: assessing the existing legal and institutional framework for energy efficiency in the housing sector; identifying
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This country profile on the housing sector of Tajikistan is the fifteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The country profile programme continues to emphasize in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, but also focuses on specific challenges or achievements in the housing sector that are particularly relevant to the country under review. In the
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This publication presents the results and the conclusions drawn from the analysis of surveys on online access to land-registration information that were distributed among UNECE member States after the sixth session of the UNECE Working Party on Land Administration. The study consolidates and presents good practices in the detection and prevention of fraud in land registration systems in UNECE
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Country Profile on the Housing Sector: Belarus (2008)This country profile on the housing sector of Belarus not only provides in-depth analysis and policy recommendations to help policymakers develop strategies and programmes but also focuses on specific challenges or achievements within the housing sector that are of
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This study identifies the role and benefits of spatial planning, the particular challenges vis-à-vis spatial planning that face countries in transition, its key principles, the division of roles and responsibilities, the main stages in the process of developing spatial plans, and priority actions for countries in transition.
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This study on the Republic of Moldova's housing sector is the sixth carried out by the ECE Committee on Human Settlements to analyse housing sector reform in countries with economies in transition. These country- specific strategic housing sector analyses are intended to assist the Governments of countries with economies in transition in improving performance in this sector.
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This Country Profile on the Housing Sector of Albania is the seventh in the series published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. It contains a comprehensive analysis of the housing sector and provides policy recommendations to help policymakers develop strategies and programmes. English
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This study on the Slovak housing sector is the third carried out by the ECE Committee on Human Settlements to analyse housing sector reform in countries in transition. These country- specific strategic analyses of the housing are intended to assist the Governments of countries in transition in improving the performance of the sector.
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This case study provides an analysis of the implementation of the urban renewal and housing modernization policies that are currently being pursued in Bratisvala. In its firts part, it describes current housing conditions in Slovakia. The subsequent parts present a description of the present state of Bratislava housing stock followed by conclusions and recommendations. UN Sales Number: E.