Growing pains: Urbanisation and informal settlements in Cambodia's secondary cities | Land Portal

Resource information

Date of publication: 
December 2012
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Pages: 
21 p.
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This report takes a snapshot look at how urbanisation is impacting three of Cambodia's secondary cities – Sihanoukville, Battambang, and Siem Reap – and, in particular, their urban poor settlements. The report is based on desk review and field research. The report provides information on history, urban planning, urban poor settlements and interventions for each city.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Goad, Hallam
Lindström, Nora (ed.); Meas Kimseng

Publisher(s): 

Sahmakum Teang Tnaut: a Cambodian Urban NGO


Vision


A society in which urban inhabitants enjoy adequate housing within a sustainability developing city.


Mission


To provide pro-poor technical assistance for housing and infrastructure and to inform dialogue and raise awareness about urban issues


Background


Data provider

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an ‘open data’ website, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information or data in the public domain should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish. Open Development Cambodia does not promote any particular perspective, agenda or bias other than to provide objective information about Cambodia and its development.

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