Access to Water in the Slums of the Developing World
"According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), 924 million people lived in slums in 2001. Population growth in these settlements is much greater than in other urban areas. The estimates suggest that this figure may rise to 1.5 billion by 2020 (Payne, 2005). This rapi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15112 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15112 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Water Slums Developing World |
| Sumario: | "According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), 924 million people lived in slums in 2001. Population growth in these settlements is much greater than in other urban areas. The estimates suggest that this figure may rise to 1.5 billion by 2020 (Payne, 2005). This rapid increase is expected despite “slum upgrading” efforts that have been taking place for decades, though inconsistently and with disruptions over time." (...) |
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