The Challenge of Slum Formation in the Developing World (Land Lines Article)

Author(s): Acioly, Claudio Jr.
Publication Date: April 2007

6 pages; Inventory ID LLA070402; English


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One of every three urban citizens lives in slum conditions across the world today. According to the United Nations Human Settlement Programme, in 2006 there were nearly 1 billion people who could find housing only in slum settlements in most cities of Latin America, Asia, and Africa, and a smaller number in the cities of Europe and North America (UN Habitat 2006).