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Tomorrow's crises today : the humanitarian impact of urbanisation / [project manager, Chris Horwood ; contributing writers, Tom Phillips ... and others]
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Social aspects.
- Urbanization.
- Slums--Developing countries.
- Slums.
- Urban poor--Developing countries.
- Urban poor.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Developing countries.
- Urban policy--Developing countries.
- Urban policy.
- Humanitarian assistance--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages : illustrations (mostly color), color maps ; 23 x 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Humanitarian impact of urbanisation
- Humanitarian impact of urbanization
- Place of Publication:
- [Nairobi, Kenya] : OCHA/IRIN : UN-HABITAT : AusAID, [2007]
- Contents:
- Overview: tomorrow's crises today, city of darkness/city of light?
- Delhi: drinking the city dry, water insecurity
- Lagos: crisis of management, governance and planning
- Dhaka: reaping the whirlwind, vulnerability to natural disasters
- Addis: putting food on the table, food insecurity
- Rio: fighting for the favelas, human insecurity
- Jakarta: battling to breathe, pollution control
- Cairo: sheltering the urban poor, the housing crisis
- El Alto: labouring to survive, employment insecurity
- Luanda: living in the Hot Zone, health and sanitation
- Ulaanbaatar: painful transitions, cultural change.
- Notes:
- "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
- "HS Number: HS/965/07E" - t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112)
- ISBN:
- 9789211319644
- 9211319641
- OCLC:
- 189771297
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