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Slum Upgrading - UN-Habitat The Challenge UN-Habitat focuses on the biggest deprivations for slum communities: the lack of adequate and safe housing conditions, clean water supply, sanitation and secure land tenure We concentrate on waste management, gender equality and human rights, climate resilience and participation of the local communities in the slum upgrading process
Slum Almanac 2015-2016 - UN-Habitat Slum Almanac 2015-2016 In our world, one in eight people live in slums In total, around a billion people live in slum conditions today This not only amounts to a rather unacceptable contemporary reality but to one whose numbers are continuously swelling
The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) | UN-Habitat PSUP was founded in 2008 as a tripartite initiative of the Secretariat of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the European Commission and UN-Habitat In more than 40 countries and 190 cities, national and local authorities followed the programmes call for action They are now investing in strategic, participatory slum upgrading activities and sustainable urbanization
Slums: Some Definitions - UN-Habitat Approximately one-fifth of slum households live in extremely poor conditions, lacking more than three basic shelter needs Generally, the lack of sanitation and water in the region’s slums is compounded by insuficient living space for families and inadequate, makeshift housing
ADEQUATE HOUSING AND SLUM UPGRADING - UN-Habitat The housing and slum challenge therefore remains a critical factor in the persistence of poverty in the world, depriving millions of urban residents their right to an adequate standard of living and housing,2 excluding them from the benefits of sustainable urbanization
Housing, slums and informal settlements - UN-Habitat Housing, 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)
THE CHALLENGE OF SLUMS - UN-Habitat The majority of slum dwellers in developing country cities earn their living from informal sector activities located either within or outside slum areas, and many informal entrepreneurs operating from slums have clienteles extending to the rest of the city
A Practical Guide to Designing, Planning, and Executing Citywide Slum . . . While 220 million people have been lifted out of slum conditions over the past 10 years, the number of people living in slum conditions is likely to grow by six million every year, to reach a total of 889 million by 2020 It is necessary to equip cities and their practitioners with the tools and capacities to anticipate and control urban growth and city officials will require knowledge, skills
GLOBAL ACTION PLAN: Accelerating for Transforming Informal Settlements . . . This is a technical framework document that has been prepared for the International Meeting: Global Action Plan Launch - Accelerating for Transforming Informal Settlements and Slum by 2030, which was hosted by the Government of South Africa in October 2022 It has been collaboratively created with key stakeholders who are leading the way in urban transformation The document focuses on