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Alliance and the city of São Paulo are pleased to
present Slum Upgrading Up Close: Experiences of
Six Cities. The publication captures some of the
key knowledge and shared learning from an
international policy dialogue on the “Challenges of
Slum Upgrading: Sharing São Paulo’s Experience” held
in São Paulo from March 10 to 14, 2008. Co-sponsored
by the Cities Alliance and the city of São Paulo,
the five-day event facilitated a rich exchange of
ideas among high-ranking city officials from six
major cities of the south—Cairo, Ekurhuleni, Lagos,
Manila, Mumbai, and São Paulo—on the issues and
challenges of slum upgrading in their respective
cities. To view slum upgrading from the field,
participants spent a day visiting slum upgrading
projects in the São Francisco, Manacias Iporanga,
Vila Nilo, Paraisopolis, and Heliopolis areas of São
Paulo.
Slum Upgrading Up Close: Experiences of Six
Cities builds upon the international policy
dialogue to showcase the different experiences of
the six cities, including providing detailed city
profiles, housing and land policies, overall slum
upgrading efforts, methodologies, initial results,
and innovations. It emphasizes the importance of
cities sharing and comparing similar experiences.
Key messages emanating from the publication and
international dialogue are the indispensability of
local leadership, a shared vision, clear political
leadership, flexible policy making, commitment over
time, and the meaningful involvement of the affected
communities.
Read/download publication:
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(68 pages, 3.2 MB
PDF)
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