The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003
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The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. It presents estimates of the numbers of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors that underlie the formation of slums, as well as their social, spatial and economic characteristics and dynamics. It also evaluates the principal policy responses to the slum challenge of the last few decades. The report argues that the number of slum dwellers is growing and will continue to increase unless there is serious and concerted action by all relevant stakeholders. The report points the way forward and identifies the most promising approaches to achieving the Millennium Declaration target on improving the lives of slum dwellers.
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- Authors
- UN‐Habitat
- Venue
- Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2004-06-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 337-338
- ISSN
- 1477-7835 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1494709343
- Cited by
- 1,466
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 175.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Latin American Urban Studies
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Development and Societal Issues
- Keywords
- slums, informal settlements, urbanization, urban poverty, urban planning, housing conditions, urbanization trends
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