Title: SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND CHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHA
1- SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID
AND CHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE - TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND
THE DIVIDED CITY - By
- Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka
- Under-Seceretary-General of United Nations
- Executive Director of UN-HABITAT
- Director General of the United Nations Office at
Nairobi -
2The Challenge Rapid and Chaotic Urbanization
GLOBAL POPULATION RURAL/URBAN
RURAL 63
URBAN 37
RURAL 53
URBAN 47
RURAL 40
URBAN 60
1970
2000
2030
3The Challenge Rapid Growth of Slums
Population of The World
8
7
Billion people
6
5
4
3
2
1
1850
1950
2000
1900
2050
2020
Year
Rural population
Urban population
Urban slum population
REF UN-HABITAT, Global Urban Observatory
4Total Number of the Worlds Slum Dwellers
Distribution of Slum Population by Region (2001)
5Slum Dwellers as a percentage of the Urban
Population By Region (2001)
6The Rising Incidence of Disasters
7Natural and Human Made Disasters
8The Challenge Example of Kibera Slum, Nairobi
750,000 slum dwellers 250 hectares (2.5 square
kilometers) 3 square meters per person
9The Challenge Example of Kibera Slum, Nairobi
10SLUMS DENSITY, HOUSING, HIV ORPHANS,
SANITATION, GARBAGE
11Security of Tenure
12UN-HABITATs strategy
Short term Slum upgrading
Long term Sustainable urban planning
MDG
Medium term Pro-poor serviced land
13UN-HABITATs Strategy on Sustainable Urbanization
Adequate Shelter
Womens inheritance/ownership AG on forced
evictions Cites Without Slums Program Tenure/prope
rty/rental rights Land Donor Coordination
Legal reform
Investments
MDG
SUF - The Slum Upgrading Facility
Urban Governance
Credits Economics
Urban Water Sanitation Urban Environment Urban
Safety Sustainable Relief HIV/AIDS
Designed to link normative qualities to
large-scale urban investments
Training of LAs
14Thank You!