Slum Upgrading - UN-Habitat The Challenge UN-Habitat focuses on the biggest deprivations for slum communities: the lack of adequate and safe housing conditions, clean water supply, sanitation and secure land tenure We concentrate on waste management, gender equality and human rights, climate resilience and participation of the local communities in the slum upgrading process
Slum Almanac 2015-2016 - UN-Habitat Slum Almanac 2015-2016 In our world, one in eight people live in slums In total, around a billion people live in slum conditions today This not only amounts to a rather unacceptable contemporary reality but to one whose numbers are continuously swelling
The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) | UN-Habitat PSUP was founded in 2008 as a tripartite initiative of the Secretariat of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the European Commission and UN-Habitat In more than 40 countries and 190 cities, national and local authorities followed the programmes call for action They are now investing in strategic, participatory slum upgrading activities and sustainable urbanization
THE CHALLENGE OF SLUMS - UN-Habitat The majority of slum dwellers in developing country cities earn their living from informal sector activities located either within or outside slum areas, and many informal entrepreneurs operating from slums have clienteles extending to the rest of the city
ADEQUATE HOUSING AND SLUM UPGRADING - UN-Habitat The housing and slum challenge therefore remains a critical factor in the persistence of poverty in the world, depriving millions of urban residents their right to an adequate standard of living and housing,2 excluding them from the benefits of sustainable urbanization
Slums: Some Definitions - UN-Habitat Approximately one-fifth of slum households live in extremely poor conditions, lacking more than three basic shelter needs Generally, the lack of sanitation and water in the region’s slums is compounded by insuficient living space for families and inadequate, makeshift housing
Housing, slums and informal settlements - UN-Habitat Housing, slums and informal settlements Version: May 2024 Related resources Monitoring SDG Indicator 11 1 1 (Urban Data Digest Series) The Global Housing Affordability Challenge (Urban Data Digest Series)
11. 1 Adequate Housing | UN-Habitat By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums Indicator 11 1 1: Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements, or inadequate housing
Global Monitoring of Slums | Urban Indicators Database The key for universal monitoring of all these global indicators rests in expertly defining the concepts and approaches that delineates what constitutes a slum or slum area at the global level or what informality or inadequate housing constitutes