Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon A. - International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth … - 2009
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...