URBANIZATION
History of Cities – Heritage
Urban Housing
Rural Housing
LEGAL ASPECTS
Right to Housing
Forced Eviction
USEFUL TOOLS:
- Housing and Land Rights Violation Database in each country (Housing and Land Network – HIC): http://hlrn.org/welcome_violation.php#.VD-IVCi7_vQ
- Zero Evictions Campaign (International Alliance of Inhabitants): http://www.habitants.org/zero_evictions_campaign
Land Law
Land Grabbing
USEFUL TOOLS
- Data sets on agricultural land grabbing in the world (GRAIN): https://www.grain.org/bulletin_board/entries/4429-new-data-sets-on-land-grabbing
- The Online Public Database on Land Deals – Global Observatory (Land Matrix): http://landmatrix.org/en/
Vulnerable Groups
- Old People
- Young People
- Women
Some Interesting Practices
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Housing Market
Quality of Housing
Informal Housing / Slum / Homeless
ROLE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Social Housing
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
Bibliography & Sitography
SEEN BY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Major Problems
Major Claims or Demands
Some Civil Society Actors
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ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOUSE DEMOLITIONS – ICAHD = ICAHD Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. It was created in 1997 to end the Israeli occupation vis-à-vis the Palestinians, especially in opposing the demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied territories. He received the United Nations Special Consultative Status in 2010. Website ICAHD
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ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL – ACRI = Founded in 1972, the association aims to treat all human rights issues, including addressing the violations committed by the Israeli authorities in Israel, the occupied territories and elsewhere. Among the actions include legal work, education for human rights, awareness through the media and strategic international advocacy.Website ACRI
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B’TSELEM = Since 1989, Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. His job is to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about the human rights violations taking place in the occupied territories. The word, hébreuse origin, means “image” in the sense of “human dignity”. Its purpose is to inform so that nobody can say “he did not know. Contact – Website.