Tomorrow's crises today the humanitarian impact of urbanisation

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...

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Autores Corporativos: Integrated Regional Information Networks (-), United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Australian Agency for International Development
Otros Autores: Horwood, Chris (-), Phillips, Tom
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Nairobi, Kenya] : OCHA/IRIN : UN-HABITAT : AusAID c2007.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Notas:"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.
Descripción Física:112 p. : il. col
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 111-112).
ISBN:9789210545952