UN-HABITAT

(1) TOPIC GUIDES
//Below you will find links to the topics that will be discussed in the UN-HABITAT//

(3) VIDEO GUIDES
To watch how slums came to be, click here To learn about how slums rise and develop, click here To take a look at what daily life is like in a Mumbai slum, click here To watch a documentary describing the work of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme, click here To watch an award-winning film following the lives of five people in the Kenyan slum of Kiberia; Slum Survivors, click here --> For more information on this documentary, click here

(4) LINKS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
Slum Rehabilitation Society SPARC Slum Aid Homeless International World Bank Cities Alliance Partner Ship Participatory Slum Upgrading Program

 To learn about how Civil War has affected the growth of slums in Angola, click here To find out why unequal wealth distribution contributes to the rise of slums in Angola, click here **Australia**
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Angola.pdf|Download]]
 * 212 KB

To read about slums in Sydney, click here To read about a slum landlord in Brisbane, click here To read about the demolition of a notorious Aboriginal slum, click here

Bolivia
To learn about the slums in Bolivia, click here To learn how water is affected in the slums of Bolivia, click here To find out what UN-Habitat has done in Bolivia, click here **Brazil**
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final Data- Bolivia.pdf|Download]]
 * 295 KB

To read about the rise of the middle class in Brazil's favelas, click here To read about slum upgrading programs and lessons learned in Brazil, click here To read about the development of slums in Rio de Janeiro, click here To read about one of the largest slums in South America, in Sao Paulo, click here

Cambodia
To learn about the slums of Cambodia, click here To find out why the slums of Cambodia are growing, click here **China**
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Cambodia.pdf|Download]]
 * 176 KB

To read about the effects of urbanization and poverty in the creation of urban slums, click here To read about the benefits, challenges and strategies faced by China concerning urbanization, click here To read about the lack of housing in urban cities such as Beijing, click here **Colombia**

To read about the harsh conditions of urban slums in Colombia, click here To read about the social ills such as drugs and violence in connection to slums, click here To read about the reasons behind the creation of slums in Colombia, click here To read about development and innovation in Medellin slums, click here

Costa Rica
To read about the issue of slums during the Arias Administration, click here To read about the difficulties in eliminating slums in Costa Rica, click here To learn about the lives of eleven women who live in La Carpio, a slum located outside San Jose, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final-Data-Costa Rica.pdf|Download]]
 * 661 KB

Denmark
To read about Denmark's 32-point Ghetto Strategy to eliminate slums, click here To read about UN-Habitat's Sustainable Cities Programme, for which Denmark offers donor and technical support, click here **France**
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Denmark.pdf|Download]]
 * 165 KB

To read about the dismal conditions and prospects for those living in Paris slums, click here To read about former French President Sarkozy's plan to develop suburban slums, click here To read about the widening gap between France's rich and the poor living in // banlieues //, click here To read about Parisian slums, better known as // banlieues //, click here

Ghana
To read about the origination of slums in Ghana, click here To read about UN-Habitat's slum upgrading mission to Ghana, click here To read about slums in the Greater Accra region, click here **India**
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final_Data_Ghana.pdf|Download]]
 * 233 KB

To read about the effects of rapid urbanization such as rising social inequalities, poverty and slums, click here To read about vertical slums in Mumbai, click here To read about the hidden economic potential in Mumbai's slums, click here, and also here

Indonesia
To read about the conditions in Jakarta slums, click here To read about sanitation struggles in Jakarta slums, click here To read about the world's first slum upgrading programme, the Kampung Improvement Programme (KIP), click here **Japan**
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Indonesia.pdf|Download]]
 * 174 KB

To read about Japan's biggest slum in Kamagasaki, click here To read about homelessness and the creation of slums in Japan, click here To read about the conditions in Kamagasaki and view photographs, click here

Kenya
 To read about life in a Kenyan slum, click here To read about the effects of rapid urbanization in Kenya, click here To view photographs depicting the conditions of Kenyan slums, click here To read about UN-Habitat's slum upgrading activities in Nairobi, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final_Data_Kenya.pdf|Download]]
 * 239 KB

Mexico


To read about slums in Mexico, click here To read about the connection between slums and drugs in Mexico, click here To read about a slum called Neza-Chalco-Itza in Mexico City, click here

Nigeria
To read about slums in Lagos, click here To read about the demolition of the biggest slum-dwelling in Lagos, click here To read about homelessness in Nigeria, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final Data-NIGERIA.pdf|Download]]
 * 285 KB

Qatar
To read about Qatar's aid to slums in France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, click here To read about the segregation of slums in France and Qatar's position, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final_Data_Qatar.pdf|Download]]
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Russian Federation


To read about the history of Russian slums during the Khrushchev regime, click here To read about Russia's cooperation with UN-Habitat for sustainable development of human settlements, click here To read about Russia's housing situation, click here

Saudi Arabia
To read about slum dwellers in Makkah, click here To read about a workshop focusing on slums in Makkah, click here To read about the widening gap between the rich and poor in Saudi Arabia, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final-Data-Saudi Arabia.pdf|Download]]
 * 287 KB

Serbia
To read about the dire conditions ofslums in Belgrade, click here To read about Serbian officials evicting Romas from slums, click here To read about a slum upgrading project in Serbia, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Serbia.pdf|Download]]
 * 171 KB

South Africa


To read about the development of high-tech shacks, iShacks, in South Africa, click here To read about the dangerous conditions in South Africa slums relating to violence and mob rule, click here To read about slums in Soweto, click here

Sweden
To read about the segregation of immigrants in slums, click here To read an analysis about Swedish slumlords, click here To read about an UN-Habitat slum upgrading project where Sweden assumes a donor position, click here To read about Sweden's financial support for UN-Habitat, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Sweden.pdf|Download]]
 * 176 KB

Tanzania
To read about efforts to cleanup slums in the capital city of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, click here To read about slums in Tanzania, click here To read about poor sanitation in Tanzanian slums, click here To read about the creation of slums in Tanzania based on rapid urbanization and migration, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final_Data_Tanzania.pdf|Download]]
 * 233 KB

United Arab Emirates
To read about modern slums in Dubai, click here To read about urban slums in Dubai, click here
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 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final-Data-UAE.pdf|Download]]
 * 285 KB

United Kingdom


To read about high-rise slums in Britain, click here To read about the UK's housing crisis that has resulted in urban slums, click here To read about the British government's negligence concerning slum landlords, click here

United States


To read about US cities turning into slums due to current recession economic conditions, click here To read about the housing situation in the US, click here To read about prosperity in cities hosted by UN-Habitat, click here

Venezuela
To read about vertical slums in Caracas, click here To read about slums in Venezuela, click here To read about the Caracas Slum-Upgrading Project, click here
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:msmunatunagb/Final-Data-Venezuela.pdf|Download]]
 * 286 KB