The twin phenomena of urbanization, and the proliferation of slums and shanty-towns, together pose the most daunting challenge to human settlements today.Unsound dwellings, overcrowding, and lack of basic infrastructure, characterize neighbourhoods whose residents endure poverty, insecurity, and squalor. Many ‘illegal’ communities, including inner city pocket slums and squatter encroachments on municipal fringes, are unacknowledged in urban statistics. Despite the damage to social stability, their inhabitants’ needs are neglected.This situation, which affects a significant proportion of the global population – perhaps as high as one-sixth– is at the forefront of UN-HABITAT’s concerns. Ways must be, and are being, found to break down barriers to change, and transform degraded urban spaces into decent, safe and sustainable human settlements.
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Publisher:
UNHABITAT
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Type / Script:
Annual Report
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Keywords:
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION, SLUMS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, WATER SUPPLIES CONSTRUCTION, HYGIENE EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, CLEANLINESS, RAIN WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM, TRAINING PROGRAMMES, LATRINES CONSTRUCTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, GENDER MAINSTREAMING
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Thematic Group:
UNHABITAT
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Human Settlements
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Thesaurus:
09.01.00
- Settlement Planning
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