SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND CHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND.

SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: THE CHALLENGE OF RAPID AND CHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGECHAOTIC URBANIZATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND THE TAKING ACTION ON TH E CAUSES OF URBAN CHAOS AND THE DIVIDED CITYDIVIDED CITY

By

Dr. Anna Kajumulo TibaijukaDr. Anna Kajumulo TibaijukaUnder-Seceretary-General of United Nations

Executive Director of UN-HABITATDirector General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi

GLOBAL POPULATION RURAL/URBAN

1970

RURAL63%

URBAN37%

2000 2030

RURAL53%

URBAN47%

RURAL40%

URBAN60%

The Challenge: Rapid and Chaotic Urbanization

1850 1950 20001900 2050

Urban slum population

Urban population

Rural population

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Bill

ion

peop

le

Year2020

REF: UN-HABITAT, Global Urban Observatory

Population of The World

The Challenge: Rapid Growth of Slums

Total Number of the World’s Slum Dwellers: Distribution of Slum Population by Region (2001)

Mill

ion

s

300

200

100

0 0212133

41

57

128

166

194

262

Slum Dwellers as a percentage of the Urban Population: By Region

(2001)S

lum

Pe

rce

nta

ge

80

60

40

20

0 066

24

2828

323336

58

72

The Rising Incidence of Disasters

Natural and Human Made Disasters

750,000 slum dwellers250 hectares (2.5 square kilometers)

3 square meters per person

The Challenge: Example of Kibera The Challenge: Example of Kibera Slum, NairobiSlum, Nairobi

The Challenge: Example of Kibera The Challenge: Example of Kibera Slum, NairobiSlum, Nairobi

SLUMS: DENSITY, HOUSING, HIV & SLUMS: DENSITY, HOUSING, HIV & ORPHANS, SANITATION, GARBAGEORPHANS, SANITATION, GARBAGE

Security of TenureSecurity of Tenure

Short term – Slum upgrading

Long term – Sustainable urban

planning

Medium term – Pro-poor serviced land

MDG

UN-HABITAT’s strategyUN-HABITAT’s strategy

Investments

Adequate Shelter

Women’s inheritance/ownershipAG on forced evictionsCites Without Slums ProgramTenure/property/rental rightsLand Donor Coordination

Urban GovernanceUrban Water & Sanitation

Urban EnvironmentUrban SafetySustainable ReliefHIV/AIDS

Training of LA’s

CreditsEconomics

Designed to link normativequalities to large-scale urban investments

Legal reform

MDGSUF - The Slum

Upgrading Facility

UN-HABITAT’s Strategy on Sustainable UrbanizationUN-HABITAT’s Strategy on Sustainable Urbanization

Thank You!Thank You!