[your name here] sci 275 professor eramse november 02, 2008

[Your Name Here]

Sci 275

Professor Eramse

November 02, 2008

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Introduction

• Naturally occurring process.

• Urban area growth .• Rural to urban area

movement.• Increased urban

settlement.• Search for better

urban life.

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Environmental Benefits of Urbanization

• Agglomeration of resources and economy.

• Promote environmental sustainability.

• Improvement of infrastructures.• Modernization of industry.• Increased accessibility to public

transportation.

Impacts of Urbanization

•Altered weather patterns.• Increased ambient

temperature.•Decrease in air quality.• Increase in low quality water

run-off.•Loss of natural beauty.

Challenges of Urbanization

•Conversion of agricultural lands.

•Pollution•Sub-standard living

conditions.•Strain on provision of

services.•Urban sprawl

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1996 Dubai Award Winner

The Challenge

PovertyPoor-self employed

womenPoor housing conditions.Poor sanitation system.

“A Women’s Self-help Organization for Poverty Alleviation in India."

“A Women’s Self-help Organization for Poverty

Alleviation in India."

Overcoming the Challenge• Establishment of ‘Shri Mahila

Sewa Sahakari Bank’.•Loan to poor self-employed

women.•Reasonable credit rates. • Included insurance and

housing programs.

1996 Dubai Award Winner

“Institutionalizing Community-Based Development - Abidjan”

The Challenge•Hardships from structural

adjustment. – Poverty – Unemployment– Environmental deregulation

“Institutionalizing Community-Based

Development - Abidjan”Overcoming the challenge

• Establishment of neighborhood committees.

• Engage the energies and resources of local communities.

• Channeled efforts for life improvements.

References

A woman’s self-help organization for poverty alleviation in India: SEWA India. Retrieved November 01, 2008 from http://www.unesco.org/most/asia1.htm

Institutionalizing community-based development. Retrieved November 02, 2008 from http://www.unesco.org/most/africa17.htm

Mumfrod, L. (1956). The natural history of urbanization. Retrieved November 02, 2008 from http://habitat.aq.upm.es/boletin/n21/almum.en.html

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