CONTENTS:- 1. Towards Healthy cities; 2. Sustainable cities; 3. Cities at the forefront; 4. Cities residents to the rescue; 5. In defence of the city urban development a key for survival; 6. Urbanisation and Globalisation; 7. Urbanisationa nd the environment; 8. Urbanisation in India and limitations; 9. Population growth and urbanization; 10. Stop child labour; 11. Child labour in weaving Industry; 12. Child Labour: Targetting the intolerable; 13. Helping your child learn; 14. Solving the Unemployment problem by looking beyond the job; 15. Democracy and the market economy; 16. The persistence of Indian poverty; 17. The persistence of Indian poverty and its alleviation; 18. Overcoming the poverty in India and the Lessons learned; 19. Population growth and jobs; 20. Living with leviathan; 21. Population growth and education; 22. Population growth and housing; 23. Children's Health and the environment; 24. Land tenure: Securing land for the urban poor; 25. City Politics: A voice for the poor;
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Today almost one half of the world's population lives in cities. The world's cities are growing by one million people each week. Cities today play a significant role in development. They continue to attract migrants from rural areas because they enable people to advance socially and economically. Cities offer significant economies of scale in the provision of jobs, housing and services, and are important centres of productivity and social development. However, the stress of this rapid urban population growth is often overwhelming. He long list of afflictions includes urban poverty rates of up to 60 per cent. Despite growing investment, more than one third of the urban populations live in substandard housing. Forty per cent of urban dwellers do not have access to safe drinking water or adequate sanitation. Primarily due to a rapid growth and a deteriorating urban environment, at least 600 million people in human settlements (Cities, Towns and Villages) live in health-and life-threatening situations and almost 50 per cent of these are children.
