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Definition
People can be said to be deprived if they lack the types of clothing, housing, household facilities, fuel, environmental, educational, working and social conditions, activities and facilities which are customary or at least widely accepted by the societies to which they belong. People are in poverty if they lack the resources to escape deprivation.
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Urban Deprivation
The Fact
Over the last 2 centuries proportion of the worlds population living in urban areas have increased from 5% to 50% Around 3 billion peoplevirtually half of the worlds total population now live in urban settlements. Population experts predict that by the year 2030, around two-thirds of the worlds population will live in cities.
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The Fact
One of the most recognizable forms of urban deprivation is the formation and rapid growth of slum areas in almost all cities. In 1990, there were nearly 715 million slum dwellers in the world. By 2000, the slum population had increased to 912 million. Today, around 1 billion or 33 per cent, of the worlds urban population resides in slums. One out of every three city dwellers lives in slum conditions the slum population will reach 1.4 billion by 2020.
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The Fact
133 million people living in cities of the developing world lack durable housing; in 2003, approximately 20 per cent of the developing worlds urban population 401 million people lived in houses that lacked sufficient living area (with three or more people sharing a bedroom);
The Fact
getting water from a tap is a luxury enjoyed by only two-third of the worlds urban population; less than half of this group (46 per cent) have piped water within their dwelling; 10 per cent rely on public taps, while 8 per cent have access only to manually pumped water or protected wells;
The Fact
Over 25 per cent of the developing worlds urban population or 560 million city residents lack adequate sanitation; A global survey in 60 countries found that 6.7 million people had been evicted from their homes between 2000 and 2002, compared with 4.2 million in the previous two years.
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Issues
lack of a political will of the government to address the issue in a sustainable and large scale manner
the mobilization of the potentials and capacities of the related stakeholders, particularly the community itself
Issues
security of tenure also a fundamental challenge to adopt an adequate approach to urban land management.
demand for water cannot be satisfied by the locally available water resources the discharge of insufficiently treated wastewater increases costs for downstream users and has detrimental effects on the aquatic systems;
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The Issues
helping the poor to become more integrated into the fabric of urban society is the only long-lasting and sustainable solution to the growing urbanization of poverty.
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addressing the issue of slum areas need to be sustainable, and as such the applied policies and strategies should consider the social, environmental and economic aspects.
urban policy in the provision of infrastructure towards alleviating the urban deprivation phenomena should have at least 3 (three) characteristics: (a) area-based policies; (b) coordination among agencies (joint efforts or partnership); (c) community-based
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