Improving slum conditions through innovative financing
Jennervik, Ann
Slum is a major challenge for our joint development. Cities are the engines for development and viable cities for the rich must also be cities for the poor. Sustainable cities are a prerequisite for development on the whole - not only for poor countries or poor people. Problems that follow a rapid urbanisation, make cities increasingly subject to dramatic crisis, -problems like unemployment, deterioration of existing infrastructure, environmental degradation and inadequate shelter. One out of six world inhabitants live in slums. Without concerted action by governments and their partners, todayys almost 1 billion slum dwellers will be 2 billions by 2030.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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