Snapshot: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Flood risk for one million in Phnom Penh as wetlands destroyed
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation More than one million people in Phnom Penh face the risk of increased flooding and loss of livelihoods as wetlands in the Cambodian capital are destroyed to build apartments and industries, human rights groups warned on Monday. Developments – including the ING City township – will reduce the Tompoun wetlands to […]
POSTCARDS: THE CAMBODIAN CEMETERY WHERE THE LIVING OUTNUMBER THE DEAD
MATT BLOMBERG reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on the plight of landless people in Phnom Penh slums…
Winning design for Phnom Penh factory worker homes, a model for other cities
Thomson Reuters Foundation An award-winning design for factory worker housing in Cambodia’s capital will serve as a model for homes in other cities in the rapidly-urbanising country, according to the charity that will build 3,000 units based on the blueprint next year. The contest was hosted by the United Nations Development Programme as part of […]
UN agency seeks to marry “social good and profit making”
Thomson Reuters Foundation A United Nations body is offering $US40,000 for the best designed affordable housing for low-income workers at an industrial zone in Cambodia’s capital, as part of its strategy to encourage investment in sustainable development worldwide. The UN Development Programme’s SDG Impact Finance (UNSIF) aims to create 3,000 units of housing in a […]