加强柬埔寨城乡联系优化城镇布局

The Kingdom of Cambodia has experienced a massive migration of people from rural to urban areas. Cambodia‘s urban population is projected to grow at 3.5 per cent (2001-2005). The capital city, Phnom Penh, has a population ten times the size of the next largest urban area. Because of this, Phnom Penh is experiencing widespread growth in slum and squatter settlements. As a result, pressures on urban infrastructure and services have increased. In December 2003, the Phnom Penh Municipality started Rural-Urban Linkage Programme (RILP) in collaboration with the adjoining Kandal province on experimental basis. Cambodia is seeking for a more balanced network of towns at the moment.     

房屋租购：租房与购房的最佳结合？

In recent years, many governments have become interested in leasing programmes. The essence of leasing is to combine the advantages of renting and owning. Instead of tenants ‘losing‘all of their rent to the landlord, part of their monthly payment goes toward the eventual purchase of the house. This arrangement satisfies the need for some families to rent at the beginning of their lives, but who want one day to become homeowners. It is particularly suitable for families with a regular income who lack the savings to put down a deposit on a house.Leasing programmes have been taken up in several Latin American countries, notably in Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The case study looks briefly at all three but concentrates on the most recent initiative, that of Colombia.