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Tomorrow’s Crises Today
The humanitarian impact of urbanization
A new publication co-published by IRIN and UN-HABITAT

"Tomorrow’s Crises Today: The humanitarian impact of urbanization"explores the effect ofliving in today's cities has on the millions of people who already live in metropolises,and those who are daily being drawn into them from the countryside - by the millions.Using 10 cities from around the world as illustrations of different crises thatface todays urban poor, this new publication by OCHA/IRIN, in collaboration withUN-HABITAT seeks to emphasise the urgent needs of many in the city. It is been saidthat the real battles to achieve the Millenium Development Goals will be foughtin today's, and tomorrow's cities.

	preliminaries	Download [1.47mb]
Chapter 1:	overview: tomorrow's crises today city of darkness/ city of light?	Download [2.71mb]
Chapter 2:	delhi: drinking the city dry water insecurity	Download [0.98mb]
Chapter 3:	lagos: crisis of management governance and planning	Download [1.97mb]
Chapter 4:	dhaka: reaping the whirlwind vulnerability to natural disasters	Download [2.38mb]
Chapter 5:	addis: putting food on the table food insecurity	Download [1.86mb]
Chapter 6:	rio: fighting for the favelas human insecurity	Download [2.40mb]
Chapter 7:	jakarta: battling to breathe pollution control	Download [1.56mb]
Chapter 8:	cairo: sheltering the urban poor the housing crisis	Download [2.56mb]
Chapter 9:	el alto: labouring to survive employment insecurity	Download [1.94mb]
Chapter 10:	luanda: living in the Hot Zone health and sanitation	Download [1.98mb]
Chapter 11:	ulaanbaatar: painful transitions cultural change	Download [1.44mb]
	endnotes	Download [313kb]