Luis Gomes

Tomorrow's Crises Today: The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanisation

Luis Gomes; Tom Phillips; Paddy Flanagan; Jean Friedman-Rudovsky; Jaspreet Kindra

Synopsis:
In this UN publication, readers will see the stark and unacceptable contrasts in cities and towns of the developing world, in which large segments of the population, surrounded by bright lights and skyscrapers, live in appalling poverty. Following an overview of the crisis, individual chapters focus on specific cities and issues: water insecurity in Delhi; governance and planning problems in Lagos; vulnerability to natural disasters in Dhaka; starvation in Addis Ababa; violence in Rio de Janeiro; air pollution in Jakarta; the housing crisis in Cairo; employment problems in El Alto, Bolivia; health and sanitation issues in Luanda, Angola; and the shock of cultural change as rural poor move to the cities of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, the text brings home this growing global issue. No subject index. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2009, 2001