Download or read book Basic Needs and the Urban Poor written by P. J. Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984. The diverse problems suffered by the urban poor in Asia and the means by which their welfare levels can be raised are investigated comprehensively in this study. All chapters, written by specialists, deal with a particular subject but the general theme remains that the factors causing urban poverty and low income levels are interconnected and transmitted from one generation to another. It is intended that this study will lead to discussion of the problems involved in providing services for the urban poor and result in the increased responsiveness of urban management. This title will be of interest to students of urban and development studies.
Download or read book Basic Needs and the Urban Poor written by Jozefo Abello and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing awareness of the emerging significance of urban poverty. Urban growth is a contemporary challenge. Over half of the world's population currently lives in cities and urbanization continues to expand. With this growth, the numbers of the urban poor are increasing, particularly in developing countries. Despite their living conditions, the urban poor have a proven capacity to improve and invest in their communities. With the rising number of urban poor living in slums in developing countries, new solutions are needed to deliver basic services to these residents. While cities provide opportunities for many, city life can also present conditions of overcrowded living, inadequate access to basic services, congestion, unemployment or underemployment, lack of social and community networks, stark inequalities, crippling social problems such as crime and violence, and particular vulnerability to health problems, economic shocks, and the risks related to climate change and natural disasters, particularly for the poor. This compilation summarises the main policies and institutional elements for urban poverty reduction, both for supporting widely shared growth with equity and for sustaining poverty-targeted measures. Scholars have argued that excessive bureaucratization, corruption, domination by vested interests etc. need not necessarily be considered an integral part of planned intervention. It is also argued that an increasing reliance on the market for basic services reduces their availability to the poor. Public agencies in the past, even when backed by subsidised funds and other concessions, were not able to reach them. The benefits of the system, therefore, often 'trickled up' to people in higher-income brackets. Opening up of the market for the provision of the facilities is, in fact, likely to make them more unaffordable. Urban poverty can to some extent reflect active rural-urban migration. This is because cities offer better opportunities for individuals to improve their welfare. Indeed, cities have historically served poor people as platforms for upward mobility. Efficient urban development can play a major part in combating national poverty, both by giving migrants the chance for a better life and -- even more importantly, from a country perspective -- by providing a marketplace where diversified industries and services become the engine of thriving national income growth. Basic Needs and the Urban Poor: The Provision of Communal Services examines the public actions both national and local governments may take to address urban poverty, the options for program interventions, and the ways governments may reach consensus supporting the necessary decisions. This monograph also attempts to analyse the possible effects of the changes in organisational structure and policies on the access of the urban poor to basic amenities.
Download or read book Broadening Poverty Definitions in India written by S. Chandrasekhar and published by IIED. This book was released on 2010 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Needs Planning for the Urban Poor an Issue Paper written by Jack Diamond and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Poverty written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 1995 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Urban Poverty What the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Tell Us written by Diana Mitlin and published by IIED. This book was released on with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Poverty in the Global South written by Diana Mitlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is compounded by the lack of voice and influence that low income groups have in these official spheres.
Download or read book More Urban Less Poor written by Goran Tannerfeldt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world more urban... The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment. ...but less poor Unplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and slums are not explained by poverty alone. Urban misery also stems from misguided policies, inappropriate legal frameworks, dysfunctional markets, poor governance, and not least, lack of political will. Urbanization and economic development go hand-in-hand and the productivity of the urban economy can and should benefit everyone. Living conditions for the urban poor can be dramatically improved with proper solutions, backed by decisive, concerted action. More Urban - Less Poor brings order to the complex and important field of urban development in developing and transitional countries. Written in an accessible style, the book examines how cities grow, their economic development, urban poverty, housing and environmental problems. It also examines how to face these challenges through governance and management of urban growth, the finance and delivery of services, and finding a role for development cooperation. This is essential reading for development professionals, researchers, students and others working on any facet of urban development and management in our rapidly urbanizing world. Published with SIDA
Download or read book Access to Basic Infrastructure by the Urban Poor written by Aurelio Menéndez and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents discussions on urban poverty issues in the developing countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia related to the urban poor's access to basic infrastructure services. Basic infrastructure services are services that allow the urban poor to live under conditions that facilitate their income-generating activities so they can maintain a good nutritional level and participate in the normal activities of society. Services include housing, transportation, water, sanitation, solid waste disposal, and energy for cooking and lighting. In addition to discussing ways to improve the conditions of the poor in urban areas through the provision of basic infrastructure services, the workshop also laid the groundwork for follow-up regional senior policy seminars in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. While workshop participants did not attempt to conclude with formal policy recommendations, they did develop general areas of consensus. The focus of the workshop discussions were on the following concerns: financial issues; the role of nongovernmental organizations; the role of governments; and the relationship between nongovernmental organizations and the governments.
Download or read book In the Name of the Urban Poor written by Amitabh Kundu and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1993-12-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the access that the urban poor have to five basic amenities - housing, water supply, sanitation, health care and the public distribution system.
Download or read book Places in Need written by Scott W. Allard and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- (Re)considering poverty and place in the U.S -- The changing geography of poverty in the U.S -- The local safety net response -- Understanding metropolitan social service safety nets -- Rethinking poverty, rethinking policy
Download or read book Broadening poverty definitions in India written by S. Chandrasekhar and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty Lines and Lives of the Poor written by Meera Bapat and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Poverty in Africa written by Mary Gachocho and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 1999 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a selection of papers presented at the Africa Regional Workshop on Urban Poverty, held in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 1998. The papers are the outputs of the regional programme supported by UNCHS (Habitat) and the Ford Foundation since 1992. The papers published in this volume analyse urban poverty trends in East and Southern Africa, and review different strategies that countries and cities have pursued to address urban poverty.
Download or read book The Betrayal of the Urban Poor written by Helene Slessarev and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Chicago political insider, this book is a history from 1960 to the present of how policies allegedly designed to promote the welfare of the urban poor have been half-hearted. Slessarev documents how little the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the War on Poverty finally provided for the urban poor, how grudging were the concessions of even progressive labor unions, and how in recent times black politicians have mainly catered to the middle class. The story is told on both the national level and the Chicago level. Slessarev shows the weakness of job-training programs devised at the federal level, as well as the intricate ways in which the building trades locked out minorities from apprenticeship programs and jobs in cities like Chicago. She reveals how assistance to minority businesses has been yet another failed promise. In the end the programs have amounted to trickle-down economics, with devastation visible where neighborhood cornerstores used to be. Slessarev demonstrates how structures of so-called economic opportunity have failed time and time again to meet the basic needs of the urban poor. Despite this dismal history, conservative social critics blame the poor themselves. The Betrayal of the Urban Poor challenges the notion that excesses in government generosity destroyed the work ethic in poor minority communities and therefore is responsible for the growth in poverty. Slessarev asserts that this gross distortion is driven more by an underlying anti-government political agenda than historical accuracy. When we set aside all rhetoric about equal opportunity, the United States has made, at best, only a partial commitment to equality. Author note: Helene Slessarev is Director of the Urban Studies Program at Wheaton College and a public policy consultant. In 1988 she was the Midwest volunteer coordinator for Jesse Jackson's 1988 Presidential campaign, and she continues to be active in local political campaigns. Slessarev has worked as the economics specialist at the Chicago Urban League and has researched the history of discrimination against minority businesses for the City of Chicago.
Download or read book Food Basic Services Development in Cities Urban Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Livelihoods written by Tony Lloyd-Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most promising approaches to poverty reduction in developing countries is to encourage sustainable livelihoods for the poor. This takes account of their opportunities and assets and the sources of their vulnerability. Based on recent and extensive research, this volume thoroughly assesses the value of the livelihoods approach to urban poverty. The book reviews the situation and strategies of the urban poor and identifies the policies and practical programmes that work best. Lasting improvements depend not just on economic development, but on political commitment and structures that are responsive to the claims and needs of different groups of poor people.
