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Bookmark or Share- These are the world's five biggest slums | World Economic ForumOnce a sprawling slum, Ciudad Neza, east of Mexico City, has become more like a suburb thanks to residents' efforts to build a community and deliver public services. Though still blighted by its reputation for crime and in need of more schools and local jobs, Neza's bottom-up development could be a model for other slums.
- THE CHALLENGE OF SLUMS - UN-Habitatcommunity, the number of slum dwellers is likely to increase in most developing countries. And if no serious action is taken, the number of slum dwellers worldwide is projected to rise over the next 30 years to about 2 billion. In the United Nations Millennium Declaration, world leaders pledged to tackle this immense challenge, setting the
- Housing, slums and informal settlements - UN-HabitatHousing, slums and informal settlements Version: May 2024 Related resources Monitoring SDG Indicator 11.1.1 (Urban Data Digest Series) The Global Housing Affordability Challenge (Urban Data Digest Series)
- Slums of the World: The face of urban poverty in the new millenniumThe current paper presents the results of a first global enumeration of slums at the country level. The data are analyzed and comparisons established at sub-regional and regional levels while trying to understand what is happening globally.
- Finding solutions to slums and informal settlements | UN-HabitatThe Global Stakeholders meeting discussed included equality, slum upgrading, investments, partnerships and inclusivity. A key issue was how to move away from piecemeal slum upgrading and policies that result in more slums to strategically working with local governments to provide good facilities and services in rural areas to reverse the trend ...
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