INDEV101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rural Development, Data Set, Food Security
23 Nov 2016
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Coined in 2007, the world has gone from predominantly rural to urban. Africa is going to gain 3 billion people in our lifetime but has incredible resources due to high fertility rates. Pincode of the world: the number of people who live on the planet. 2015: 1 1 1 4 (north and south america, europe, africa, asia) 2100: 1 1 4 5 billions of people on respective continents being much higher than replacement address in the context of cities, causes the least reliable data. 50 cities have a population of 1 million + people. Seen as a fundamental part of the urban scene. Address- dignity/a place to hang your hat. Target 7d: achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020. Mdg slum reduction target was met (227 mil lives improved) North africa (both the number and proportion of slum dwellers declining. 30-50% decline in slums (indonesia, morocco, argentina, colombia, egypt, dominican)
