The Center for Urban Development Studies, formerly the Unit for Housing and Urbanization, has established a network of regionally recognized experts and internationally experienced professionals who participate in action research activities as well as technical assistance teams. Copies of working papers and published reports on ongoing and recently completed projects can be obtained from the Center. A partial list of both Informal and Formal publication listings by the Center are noted below. 

Recent Publications Viewable On-line (in Acrobat & HTML formats):

• “Building successful partnerships”in Chapter 2 of the UN Millennium Project Task Force 8 Interim Report (February 2004)
• Migratory Flows, Poverty and Social Inclusion in Latin America (February 2004)
• Partnerships and Targeted Programs to Improve the Lives of Slum Dwellers (November 2003)
• Report on Activities: April 2003 (2003)
• Decentralization and Urban Infrastructure Management Capacity (2000)
• Assessment of the Oradea City Development Strategy (2001)
• Housing Microfinance Initiatives: Synthesis and Regional Summary (2000)
• Review of South Africa's Municipal Infrastructure Program (1999)
• Szczecin Local Initiative Program Final Report (1999)
• Rehabilitation of the Fez Medina Project Summary Document / Environmental Assesment(1996-1997)
• The Rehabilitation of the Hafsia Quarter of the Medina of Tunis (1996)

Informal Listings and Descriptions of Selected Publications:

• Conversion of Decommissioned Military Facilities to Civilian Use (USA, 1996)

This report presents case studies of the strategies used by state and local government in addressing the closure of the Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts; Ft. Devens, Massachusetts; Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York; and the Charleston Naval Complex, North Charleston, South Carolina. It evaluates local responses to closure and provides an insight into typical issues that communities face with a base closure or realignment. The study identifies some problems in the current base closure process, and offers recommendations about their resolution. 
 
• Community Based Development: Experiences Across Cities(1995)

The Center, sponsored in part by the USAID Office of Environment and Urban Programs, developed a series of case studies on cross-cutting community-based development issues. The case studies, published by USAID as part of their Working Paper Series, were presented at the 1994 Forum on Enabling Sustainable Community Development -- Second World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development. 
 
• Urban Strategies for Economic Development(1995)

The Center presented this working paper at a PECDAR, PHC, IDRC, EDI sponsored conference on Urban and Rural Reconstruction of Palestine: Issues, Options, Policies, and Strategies. 
 
• Sustainable Improvement Strategies for Lower-Income Communities(Amman and Aqaba, Jordan; 1993)

The Center worked jointly with the Housing and Urban Development Corporation to assess the development of standards and field test a community planning process, sustainable development strategies, and more effective central/local government linkages. The Center also completed an assessment of Amman community upgrading projects on gender, children, and youth as well as a report on the integration of NGOs into municipal development, housing, and service delivery. 
 
• Rehabilitation Strategies for Privatized Housing Estates(Cairo, Egypt; 1993)

The Center conducted a study and field tests of rehabilitation strategies based on public/private partnerships between local government and community based organizations. 
 
• The Use of Land and Infrastructure in the Self Improvement Strategies of Urban Lower Income Families (14th Commission on Human Settlements and Shelter Forum, Nairobi; 1993)

Sponsored in part by USAID Office of Housing and Urban Programs and the Family and Development Program, the Center developed a paper and slide presentation based on field research conducted by the Unit's staff members to document how lower income families use access to land, infrastructure, credit, and housing to pursue economic betterment strategies through self-reliance. 
 
• Housing and Health in Lower-Income Communities (Karachi, Pakistan; 1992)

The Center collaborated with the Community Health Sciences Department of the Aga Khan University to study the linkages between health and housing in a Katchi Abadi in Karachi. 
 
• Regeneration Strategies for Historic Districts (Tunis, Tunisia; 1992)

The Center collaborated with the conservation association (ASM) and the municipality in assessing the impacts of infrastructure upgrading funded by The World Bank and the municipality's land management strategy in fostering private investment in the rehabilitation of the Medina. 
 
• Financing Infrastructure Upgrading Programs (Washington, D.C.; 1991)

The Center prepared a review of financing schemes and cost recovery mechanisms in upgrading projects presented at a roundtable on urban infrastructure financing sponsored by U.S. Agency for International Development, Office for Housing and Urban Programs. 
 
• Regularizing the Informal Land Development Process(Washington, D.C.; 1990)

This report served as a background paper sponsored by the USAID Office of Housing and Urban Programs. It draws on field research conducted by Unit staff members to give an overview of land policy and equalization processes in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, including case studies. 
 
• Geographic Information Systems: The Spatial Dimension of Urban Information Management (Sofia, Bulgaria; 1989)

The Center presented a background paper on the use of Geographic Information Systems in urban management for a UNDP sponsored conference on the management of urban services. 

MULTI-REGIONAL

• Serageldin, Mona. Presentation and Report on "Empowerment and Accountability in Local Governance: Adjamé's Community Development Experience."HABITAT II, Urban Finance Conference: Washington, DC. October, 1995. 

 
• Vigier, François. The New Planning Agenda, World Bank and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. 1995. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. USAID / Office of Environment and Urban Programs paper on "Community Based Development Lessons from Experiences Across Cities." The World Bank Conference on "The Human Face of the Urban Environment" Forum on Sustainable Community Development: Washington, DC. September 1994. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. USAID paper and slide presentation on "The Use of Land and Infrastructure in the Self Improvement Strategies of Urban Lower Income Families." 14th Commission on Human Settlements and at the Shelter Forum: Nairobi. May, 1993. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. Commentary on "The Role of the State and Local Authorities in Implementing Regularization Projects." Urban Management Program UNDP/HABITAT/IBRD; Institut Français d'Amerique Latine; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; International Seminar on Managing the Access of the Poor to Urban Land: New Approaches for Regularization Policies in the Developing Countries: Mexico City. February, 1993. 

 
• Unit for Housing and Urbanization, "AFFORD: Computer Simulation Model for the Analysis of Housing Affordability." Analytical model and user manual. September, 1992. 

 
• Vigier, François. "Housing as an Evolutionary Process", in W.A. Allen et al, A Global Strategy for Housing in the Third Millennium. London: Chapman and Hall, 1992. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. Background paper on "Regularizing the Informal Land Development Process." USAID, Office of Housing and Urban Programs: Washington, DC. October, 1990. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. "Planning and Managing Urban Infrastructures: Institutional Development and Strengthening." World Health Organization, 1990. 

• Driscoll, John. Keynote Presentations, "Habitat II Best Practices and the Role of Partnerships in Boston, Cairo, and Amman Jordan" for Mayors of Secondary Cities Seminar. PADCO/Urban Institute for USAID RHUDO: Albania, Warsaw. July - September, 1996. 

 
• Driscoll, John and David Jones. ICMA, "Framework for Structuring Central/Local Relations in a Decentralized Market Economy in Poland." USAID/RHUDO: Warsaw. February, 1993.

• Driscoll, John. Keynote presentation, "Strategic Planning - An Overview of the Boston Experience." University of Bio Bio and Municipality of Concepcion conference on municipal planning: Concepcion, Chile. 1993. 

 
• Vigier, François and María Luisa Fernádez y Espinosa. "Uso de la tierra y de de la infrastructura en las estrategias de automejoramiento de la familia de bajos recursos." USAID Latin American Symposium on the Family in Development: Montevideo, Uruguay. December 1992. 

• Serageldin, Mona. Panelist and paper on "Urban Strategies for Economic Development," for conference on "The Urban and Rural Reconstruction of Palestine: Issues, Options, Policies and Strategies." PECDAR, PHC, IDRC, EDI: Amman, Jordan. November, 1995. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. Presentation on "Methodological Issues in the Economic Appraisal of Urban Projects" and "Impact of Evaluations on the Policy Agenda of Development Aid Organizations" for Conference on the Evaluation of Urban Development Projects. Urban Management Program, UNDP/HABITAT/IBRD; Institut D'Urbanisme: Villes et Development Montreal; Association d'Etudes et de Recherche en Amenagement et Urbanisme: Rabat, Morocco. November, 1993. 

 
• Unit for Housing and Urbanization and the Arab World Institute, Seminar on Urban Regeneration and the Shaping of Growth. Presentation and paper on "Urban Strategies for Greater Cairo: Anchoring Development Corridors": Paris. April, 1988.

• Unit for Housing and Urbanization. "Actions communautaires et amélioration de la qualitéde l'espace urbain: expériences mondiales," World Bank Symposium on Urban Management: Cotonou, Benin, July, 1993. 

 
• Serageldin, Mona. U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Housing and Urban Programs presentation and paper on "Financing Infrastructure Upgrading Programs." Roundtable on Urban Infrastructure Financing: Washington, DC. March, 1991. 

 
• The Unit for Housing and Urbanization and the World Bank, Workshop on Urban Strategies for Economic Development: Towards an Agenda for the '90s. Presentation on "Infrastructure Financing and Land Development." Harvard University Graduate School of Design: Cambridge. September, 1989.