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cities, equivalent to adding 700,000 new urban residents every year. At current rates of urbanization, the region's urban …
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This urbanization review "Connecting the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica" focuses on the South Corridor, a … the subregion as a result of rapid and unplanned urbanization, including housing, mobility, planning and municipal finance … urbanization and how to manage them, the findings may be relevant for other urban centers and municipalities that may face a …
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the cities. This rapid urbanization process was characterized by a lack of planning and an enduring framework of … inequality, resulting in high degrees of concentrated poverty in the urban areas. Much of this urbanization has taken place in …
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the cities. This rapid urbanization process was characterized by a lack of planning and an enduring framework of … inequality, resulting in high degrees of concentrated poverty in the urban areas. Much of this urbanization has taken place in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564726
With an increasing share of populations dwelling in cities, urban emission reduction is gaining priority at the national level. A high share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the global footprint is ultimately attributable to urban areas; as such, the effect of carbon lockin further increases...
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Sierra Leone is highly vulnerable to natural hazards whose impacts are exacerbated by unplanned rapid urbanization. The …
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where are they heading based on current trends? This report analyses the state of Tanzania's urbanization process and the …
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African cities are growing at an extraordinary rate. Unfortunately, many cities are growing so fast that national, provincial, and city governments cannot manage how they develop or assure the provision of the services people need. This has many negative consequences for national and city...
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spectrum; what we can learn from existing urbanization and other relevant experiences to inform humanitarian and development …
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The objective of this report is to inform the government's policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of … economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note 1 examines Rwanda's urbanization process since 2002 by …'s urbanization process. In the first part, it lays out the overall trends in Rwanda's levels of urbanization and the primary trends …
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