LEADER 04075nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9911136879403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781849772907 (e-book) 010 $a9781844070367 (hbk.) 010 $a9781844070374 (pbk.) 010 $a1-84977-290-8 010 $a1-136-55476-9 010 $a1-136-55475-0 010 $a1-280-47611-7 010 $a9786610476114 010 $a600-00-0018-9 010 $a1-4175-8331-2 010 $a9781849772907 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849772907 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242783 035 $a(EBL)430203 035 $a(OCoLC)560112250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430203 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781849772907 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242783 100 $a20030611d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe challenge of slums $eglobal report on human settlements, 2003 /$fUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, VA $cEarthscan Publications$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiv, 310 p.) $cill 300 $a"UN-HABITAT." 300 $a"First published in the UK and USA in 2003 by Earthscan Publications LTD for and on behalf of the United National Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) [Nairobi, Kenya]"--T.p. verso. 311 1 $a1-84407-036-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [290]-300) and index. 327 $aDeveloping context and the millennium agenda -- Urbanization trends and forces shaping slums -- Cities and slums within globalizing economies -- Social dimensions -- Territoriality and spatial forms -- Economic dynamics -- New policy developments at the national and global levels -- Civil society in action -- Towards inclusive cities : reconsidering development priorities. 330 $aThe Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. Using a newly formulated operational definition of slums, it presents estimates of the number of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors at all level, from local to global, that underlie the formation of slums as well as their social, spatial and economic characteristics and dynamics. It goes on to evaluate the principal policy responses to the slum challenge of the last few decades. From this assessment, the immensity of the challenges that slums pose is clear. Almost 1 billion people live in slums, the majority in the developing world where over 40 per cent of the urban population are slum dwellers. The number is growing and will continue to increase unless there is serious and concerted action by municipal authorities, governments, civil society and the international community. This report points the way forward and identifies the most promising approaches to achieving the United Nations Millennium Declaration targets for improving the lives of slum dwellers by scaling up participatory slum upgrading and poverty reduction programmes. TheGlobal Report on Human Settlements is the most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of conditions and trends in the world's cities. Written in clear language and supported by informative graphics, case studies and extensive statistical data, it will be an essential tool and reference for researchers, academics, planners, public authorities and civil society organizations around the world. 606 $aSlums 606 $aSlums$vCase studies 606 $aSlums$xGovernment policy 606 $aUrban poor$xHousing 606 $aUrban poor$vStatistics 615 0$aSlums. 615 0$aSlums 615 0$aSlums$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aUrban poor$xHousing. 615 0$aUrban poor 676 $a307.3364 712 02$aUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911136879403321 996 $aThe challenge of slums$94846975 997 $aUNINA