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Rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railways: Comparison of field data
This report compares independently-gathered household data from four communities located along railroad tracks in Phnom Penh to data gathered by the Inter-Ministerial Resettleme...
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Population projections for Cambodia, 2008-2030
This report includes three sets of population projections by age and sex: national, urban-rural and provincial. It provides projections in five-year increments from a base popul...
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Report on Cambodia Urban Forum
On 27 November 2019, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction partnered with the UN in Cambodia to organize the first Cambodia Urban Forum on “Smart, Su...
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The State of Local Governance: Trends in Yangon
This report sets out to map the state of affairs and the evolution over the past years with regards to governance reform in Yangon Region. It endeavours to provide background in...
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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Migration and Urbanization
This report presents the findings on Migration and Urbanization. Migration is measured either over the lifetime of individuals or in terms of more recent moves. The level of int...
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Integrating wetland ecosystem values into urban planning: The case of That Luang Marsh, Vientiane Lao PDR
Integrating Wetland Ecosystem Values into Urban Planning: The Case of That Luang Marsh, is a joint study conducted by IUCN, WWF, the Lao National Mekong Committee, and the Scien...
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Water resources are strongly influenced by climate change
According to Associate Professor Dr. Le Bac Huynh, of the Vietnam Association for the Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE), Vietnam has a moderate level of water resou...
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Study on urban land management and planning in Lao PDR
This study analyzes the institutional landscape, processes and track record of urban planning and land management in Lao PDR, and makes recommendations to improve future plannin...
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Fostering Competitive Cities and Urban Areas in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Building Inclusive Economic Clusters Sustainably
This discussion paper focuses on the urban aspects of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) corridor development and the institutional framework that will be needed to implement invest...
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Proceedings of the Greater Mekong Subregion Urban Development and Planning Training Program
This report summarizes a 5-day training program on the PRC’s experience in urban development and planning, for the benefit of key officials of the six countries of the Greater M...
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“Nothing Is Like It Was Before”: The Dynamics between Land-Use and Land-Cover, and Livelihood Strategies in the Northern Vietnam Borderlands
Land uses are changing rapidly in Vietnam’s upland northern borderlands. Regional development platforms such as the Greater Mekong Subregion, state-propelled market integration...
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Greeen Solutions For Livable Cities
This publication is authored by a multidisciplinary technical assistance team of experts. It shares solutions emerging from the GrEEEn Cities Initiative of the Asian Development...
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Millenium Development Goals indicators: Country snapshots
These snapshots provide an overview of the progress achieved since 1990 on the Millennium Development Goals at the country level. Progress is assessed on the basis of data avail...
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A new urban landscape in East-Southeast Asia, 2000-2010
East–Southeast Asia is currently one of the fastest urbanizing regions in the world, with countries such as China climbing from 20 to 50% urbanized in just a few decades. By 205...
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World Urbanization Prospects
This report presents the highlights of the 2014 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations of 233 countries...
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Phnom Penh's history of displacement: Evicted communities from 1990 to 2014
Since 1990, over 29,700 Cambodian families have been evicted or displaced from their homes in Phnom Penh. This document provides a list of evicted communities, collating informa...
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The Phnom Penh survey: A study on urban poor settlements in Phnom Penh
The report of a 2013 survey conducted to update previous research on urban poor settlements in the Phnom Penh and produce current maps of their locations. This report summarises...
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Growing pains: Urbanisation and informal settlements in Cambodia's secondary cities
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 ur...
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Boeung Tompun Lake: Future unknown? Five residents tell their stories
This brief provides an update on the status of Phnom Penh’s Boeung Tompun lake since approval was granted for private development in 2009. The brief outlines the lake’s role in ...
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Phnom Penh's communities under threat of eviction
This document provides a comprehensive list of Phnom Penh settlements under formal or informal threat of eviction. Data are provided on stated reasons for eviction, location fea...