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Responses to Challenges

(What’s being done about the problems??). Responses to Challenges. Responses to Challenges. Mega-cities need to take steps to improve the living conditions for their people, including: strengthening local government to make it more effective

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Responses to Challenges

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  1. (What’s being done about the problems??) Responses to Challenges

  2. Responses to Challenges • Mega-cities need to take steps to improve the living conditions for their people, including: • strengthening local government to make it more effective • implementing new approaches for alleviating poverty through local job promotion • developing supporting communities • making cities more environmentally friendly

  3. Responses to Challenges • The role of reducing poverty needs to be taken by: 1. NGOs eg in Bangkok, NGO’s have introduced the Magic Eyes program to reduce littering in Mexico City the World Bank has sponsored a project to reduce air pollution through improvements to public transport • governments eg a strategy in Mexico City to increase migration to smaller urban areas has slowed growth from 4.8% per year to 1.8%

  4. Responses to Challenges Other responses: • Water supply in Pakistan - the government is educating people to manage water resources Video • Transportation in Mexico City Video

  5. Responses to Challenges Choose ONE of the following and explain how Mexico City is responding to the challenge • unemployment • urban infrastructure • housing • traffic congestion • air pollution

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