POLS 2080 Lecture 17: Lecture 19_ Urban Development
24 Jan 2019
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#11: the goal for sustainable cities and communities. The transformation over time of a rural society to a more urban one by modifying the spatial distribution of the population. Relatively high size and density of the population. The presence of a division of labour. A social organization based on complex and varied interrelation. Cities are defined very differently around the world. In this process of transformation, informal settlements (slums) often grow fastest. Growing problems of pollution and poverty and health hazards. City dwellers need shelter, water, power, infrastructure, jobs, education, waste management, social and health services. Located only a few feet above sea level. The government can put the hands into single municipal authorities to reduce and/or prevent these problems. Cities act as breeding grounds for innovation and nodes of globalization. More than 1/7 of the world population live in urban slums. Population growth outpaces the production of housing and of service provision for low- and moderate-income households.
