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Urban stress and sustainable solutions in LEDC cities

Shanghai. Rio de Janeiro. Urban stress and sustainable solutions in LEDC cities. Mexico City. Nairobi. What are the challenges facing your LEDC city? Housing the urban poor Social deprivation, crime and inequality Employment Air / water pollution Waste management Transport Energy

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Urban stress and sustainable solutions in LEDC cities

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  1. Shanghai Rio de Janeiro Urban stress and sustainable solutions in LEDC cities Mexico City Nairobi

  2. What are the challenges facing your LEDC city? Housing the urban poor Social deprivation, crime and inequality Employment Air / water pollution Waste management Transport Energy Water and food supply Public space

  3. Why have the problems developed? What is the impact on the city? (environmental, economic, social)

  4. How is your city attempting to manage the problems it faces? • Can you find an example in your city of; • Socially sustainable housing management strategy. • Environmentally sustainable pollution management strategy. • A strategy to control the growth of the city. • Also perhaps sustainable management related to social welfare, waste, energy, transport etc

  5. Sustainable Housing • What is done to provide socially sustainable housing for the urban poor? • Affordable housing provided by government or private sector • Upgrading squatter settlements • Slum clearance and relocation • Site and service schemes • Loans for people to buy housing • Other options in your chosen city?

  6. Evaluation of strategy • For example – a relocation and re-housing project • Availability of land • Distance from employment for residents • Cost of projects • Poor standard of housing • Lack of urban services provided • Social fabric of squatter settlement broken up • Pointless as residents of squatter settlements have already built their dwellings • Alternative is to upgrade existing squatter settlements and integrate them into the city. Favela Bairro project.

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