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Managing Urbanization Challenges for 21st Century Development

Explore the impacts of migration and urbanization on cities, highlighting issues like resource pressure and urban slums. Learn how governments can address these challenges through policy development and city planning to unlock socio-economic potential.

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Managing Urbanization Challenges for 21st Century Development

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  1. What are these terms? • Migration : change of usual place of residence (i.e. movement from a place of origin to another destination) • Urbanisation • Is the physical growth of towns as more people live and work in central areas • Accelerated by migration , natural increase (more births) and annexation of suburban areas (i.e. urban sprawl)

  2. Trends in Percent Urban Population

  3. Consequences of Rapid Urbanisation • Cities and municipalities have failed to keep pace with the rapid urban population growth. THUS! • Pressure on existing resources (infrastructure and services). • Increase in informal settlements (i.e. Urban slums).

  4. Recommendations Governments and Partners should hasten: • the development of the national migration and urban development policies • the development and implementation of city development plans

  5. Message Urbanization is at the centre of the main development challenges of the 21st Century, and if well managed, can offer immense socio-economic opportunities

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