Tomorrow's crises today: the humanitarian impact of urbanisation
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Nairobi, Kenya] OCHA/IRIN c2007
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Beschreibung:"Contributing writers: Tom Phillips - chapter 6 ; Paddy Flanagan - chapter 5 ; Jaspreet Kindra - chapter 10 ; Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, Luis Gomes & Julie Lafreniere - chapter 9 ; Dulue Mbachu & Julie Lafreniere - chapter 3 ; Chris Horwood - chapters 1,2,4,7,8,11 ... Project manager and book design: Chris Horwood"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112)
Overview : tomorrow's crises today -- Delhi : drinking the city dry -- Lagos : crisis of management -- Dhaka : reaping the whirlwind -- Addis : putting food on the table -- Rio : fighting for the favelas -- Jakarta : battling to breathe -- Cairo : sheltering the urban poor -- El Alto : labouring to survive -- Luanda : living in the Hot Zone -- Ulaanbaatar : painful transitions
Explores the effect of living in today's cities has on the millions of people who already live in metropolises, and those who are daily being drawn into them from the countryside, by the millions. Using 10 cities from around the world as illustrations of different crises that face today's urban poor, this publication seeks to emphasise the urgent needs of many in the city. It is been said that the real battles to achieve the Millennium Development Goals will be fought in the cities.--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (112 p.)
ISBN:9210545958
9211319641
9789210545952
9789211319644

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