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2015

Slum Almanac 2015-2016: Tracking Improvement in the Lives of Slum Dwellers

UN-Habitat

Tracks slum populations and conditions worldwide against the Millennium Development Goal targets, arguing that despite real gains the absolute number of slum dwellers kept growing because urbanisation outpaced upgrading.

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The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003UN-Habitat, 2003Nearly a billion people already live in slums, and the report argues that upgrading their homes and legalising their tenure works better than the clearance and relocation still favoured by many governments.

Filed under Urban Design & Planning in Architecture & Built Environment.