What's new about this way of urban living?

Swaziland has almost half of its urban population living in informal settlements.

The remainder were living as urban refugees in various parts of the country.

Video Crows have become highly skilled at making a living in these new urban environments.

As a result, the crisis had its greatest impact on those living in urban areas.

261. In the field of housing and urban development, the issue is to adjust housing and the urban living space to the needs of children.

The disparity between leisure time opportunities for young people living in rural areas and those living in urban areas is often mentioned as a concern.

The rapid growth of urban areas in all regions of the world, increasing disparities of income and living conditions and the high proportion of children and young people living in conditions of poverty in those urban areas all present major challenges.

The programme is intended for poor people living in rural, urban and peri urban areas and has the advantage of combining various components designed to mitigate the chief manifestations of poverty underemployment and unemployment, lack of skills, and precarious living and environmental conditions.

Increasing numbers of indigenous youth in Australia, Canada and New Zealand are living in poverty in urban areas.

This approach of combining the improvement of living and economic conditions is applied mainly to the urban poor.

96. The numbers of people migrating to urban areas in search of decent living conditions had increased considerably.

Urban living was far from being a cure for poverty it worsened it, by adding malnutrition and insecurity.

The Eglise protestant évangelise de Djibouti is providing limited social assistance to urban refugees living in Djibouti ville.

He saw that this was a living and breathing and vital part of how the entire urban area functioned.

The living and working conditions of urban slum dwellers have historically been a peripheral concern of the international community.

70. Internal migration to urban centres offering better living possibilities, spurred on by the deteriorating living conditions among the middle and low income groups, served to aggravate the squeeze on health, education, power, housing and sanitation services, as well as to compound urban planning difficulties in the capital, Santo Domingo, and other urban centres that exert pull, such as Santiago and Macorís.

Urban cultures Urban realities Urban governance Urban renaissance.

With more and more people living in cities, noted Mr. Geel, the global village was turning into an urban globe.

A major effort has been made to promote programmes for people in rural and urban areas living in unacceptable conditions.

Urban poor Urban resources Urban sustainability Urban services Urban disasters and reconstruction.

To finance NGO developed projects aimed at poverty alleviation and improvement in the living conditions of poor rural and urban dwellers

In Namibia, the 1996 estimates have it that about 35 of the population of 1.68 million was living in urban areas.

Urban planning and slum upgrading have direct impact on the living conditions of women, who form the majority of the poor.

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

There were three plenary meetings, partners' dialogues on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic dialogues on urban poor, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

Malawi has about 80 per cent of the urban population living in traditional housing areas planned and unplanned villages and squatter settlements.

The United Nations Children apos s Fund (UNICEF) Urban Basic Services Programme is closely linked to improvements in shelter and living conditions.

In 1980, the population considered urban, that is, living in the cities, was estimated at of 1.5 million inhabitants in other words, it was 13.2 , against 86.8 of the population living in agricultural areas.

(a) Cities Alliance is a global alliance of cities and their development partners committed to improving the living conditions of the urban poor.

The Republic of Korea is developing a series of new towns to provide satisfactory housing and living conditions for its growing urban population.

298. The representative stated that women living in rural areas, particularly those belonging to indigenous groups, remained marginalized and had higher rates of maternal mortality, adolescent pregnancy and illiteracy than women living in Peru s urban centres.

The World Bank group is one of the main partners of UN Habitat in improving the living and working conditions of the urban poor.

It is known that better educated migrants, who usually have relatives in receiving countries living in urban areas, make greater use of official methods.

(ii) Governments could provide targeted assistance to indigenous dwellers while upgrading living conditions in informal settlements, as well as in other substandard urban housing

China s high rate of GDP growth over the past decade has, of course, raised the real incomes of hundreds of millions of Chinese, particularly those living in or near urban areas. And the funds that urban workers send to relatives who remain in the agricultural sector have helped to raise their standard of living as well.

(c) Predominance of urban urban movements, although rural urban migration remains high.

The rapid growth of urban areas in many countries, coupled with poverty, growing income disparities and the breakdown of traditional family, social and cultural networks, place those urban areas, and the high proportions of children and young people living in unstable and poor urban environments, at high risk of crime and victimization.

The e commerce industry in Leting County is growing rapidly, pushing up the living standard and happiness index of both urban and rural residents remarkably.

According to a February 2005 Government census, an additional 1.9 million Afghans are living in urban areas in Pakistan, some of whom may be refugees.

Cameroon has some 70 per cent of the urban population living in informal neighbourhoods in spite of the various attempts to strengthen the institutional framework.

In addition to the Partners' dialogues, five thematic dialogues were held focusing on urban poor urban resources urban sustainability urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

A newly established Camp Development Unit will develop an urban planning development policy for refugee camps to address and improve the living conditions of approximately 1.3 million refugees living in 58 camps throughout the UNRWA areas of operations.

The Project Renewal Programme, which now operates in some 90 urban areas, is one of the main programmes for improving the living conditions in poor settlements.

Measurements using the poverty line show that more than half the total population is living in poverty and highlight the differences between urban and rural areas.