El acceso al agua potable es uno de los derechos básicos frecuentemente negados a las poblaciones de los países en desarrollo. Foto: IDRC.

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 IDRC’s Urban Poverty and Environment Program (UPE) successfully completed its five year program that ended on 31 March 2010. Even though the UPE program has concluded, research resources and project results will remain on the UPE website until 1 September 2010. After this time you will be able to access them in IDRC’s Digital Library.

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Urban agriculture: Rosario, Argentina reaps the benefits 2010-07
Thousands of families in the city of Rosario, Argentina, were able to feed themselves during the country’s recent economic crisis by growing their own food. Now more than 800 community gardens in the city feed some 40,000 people and produce surplus for sale.

Rompiendo el ciclo de la pobreza urbana 2008-09
Los miembros del equipo de ocho ciudades focales en África, Asia y América Latina pasaron cinco días en Ottawa determinando estrategias y puntos de referencia para medir los avances, y analizando de qué modo las similitudes y diferencias entre estos ocho paisajes urbanos podrían crear el potencial de elaborar nuevas respuestas a la pobreza urbana y la decadencia ambiental.

Update #5 of Moreno Focus City Project 2009-12-25
Thematic park of Barrio  San Jorge

Update #4 of Moreno Focus City Project 2009-12-25

Update #2 of Moreno Focus City Project 2009-12-25

Update #3 of Moreno Focus City Project 2009-12-25
Water for all at “Barrio Alem”

Update #1 of Moreno Focus City Project 2009-12-24

The WHO Wastewater Guidelines: A Reality Check on the Ground 2009-09-29

IDRC grantee recognized by the Parliament of Bolivia 2009-07-02
IDRC grantee the Sociedad de Gestión Ambiental Boliviana (SGAB) was recognized by the Parliament of Bolivia at a ceremony to mark World Environment Day on June 5. 

UPE Team Announces the Winners of the Ecopolis Awards Program for 2009! 2009-08-17

Through Children's Eyes 2008-09
How do children perceive environmental issues in their community? In this audio slideshow, former IDRC intern Sarah McCans describes the innovative project she undertook, working with children in Kampala, Uganda, as they communicated their experience through drawings.

Launch of the "Global City Indicators Program" 2009-04-29

Salvaging Hope 2008-10
Article on an urban planning experiment in Dakar.

News from the Urban Poverty & Environment (UPE) Program Initiative 2008-12-18

Points of view: Coming clean on wastewater irrigation 2008-09-18
Read water experts' points of view on wastewater irrigation.

Urban Agriculture Project Wins Canadian Urban Design Award 2008-08
An innovative urban agriculture project led by McGill University’s Minimum Cost Housing Group — an IDRC partner — has been honoured with a National Urban Design Award.