Articles Tagged: ACHR
Bangkok Visit Regarding ACHR Density Study
22 December 2009: (Tuesday) 0745 hours: Arrived in Bangkok from Karachi. 1400 hours: Meetings at ACHR office with Somsook, Maurice, Density Research Team consisting of Lee, Mark, Ae, Senam and Kate Discussions on objectives of...
The Neo-Liberal Urban Development Paradigm and Civil Society Responses in Karachi, Pakistan
Introduction The Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) is an Asia-Pacific Network of professionals, NGOs and community organisations. Its headquarters are in Bangkok. The decision to create the ACHR was taken in 1987 and was...
Understanding Asian Cities
Master Plans and Housing Policies in Karachi Since 1947, the growth in housing needs and the resultant formal sector housing policies and master plans can be divided into six phases. 5.1 Phase 1: 1947-1957 After...
Report on a Visit to Cambodia for the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), Bangkok
February 06, 2003 Discussions at the UPDF office. The following conclusions emerge: The UPDF office staff needs to understand the structure of local government, the new devolution plan and what this means for the poor....
Report on an ACHR visit to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
This report is the result of a visit to Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Chiangmai between July 19 and August 04, 2001. It was a group visit. The group consisted of...
Report of the Follow-up ACHR Mission to Central Asia
In February and March of 1996, an Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) Mission, consisting of Father Jorge Anzorena and Arif Hasan, visited Almaty and Bishkek at the request of DIA and HIC. DIA funded...
The Housing Crisis in Central Asia
Background to the Mission Dutch Inter church Aid (DIA) has been working with problems related to homelessness and informal settlements in Almaty and Bishkek. In early 1995 it felt that it required professional advise on...