How to Meet the Millennium Development Goals (mdgs) in Urban Areas

Solid waste reforms and informal recycling in Enugu urban area, Nigeria

“…A major focus of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is on poverty reduction, while in most countries of the world, waste strategies aim at increasing recycling rates (Hasan, Patel, & Satterthwaite, 2005;Wilson, Velis, & Cheeseman, 2006). It has been noted in some countries of the world that the contribution of the Plate 1.…”

Urban Services and Child Migration to the Slums of Nairobi

“…3 Academic and policy debates around slum upgrading or redevelopment initiatives in Kenya parallel the concerns raised in other developing country contexts. Much of the debate centers around which kinds of measures should be prioritized, who should manage the initiatives, which standards should be followed, and who should pay for the improvements (Bassett et al, 2003;Cohen, 2001;Gulyani & Bassett, 2007;Gulyani & Conners, 2002;Gulyani & Talukdar, 2008;Hasan, Gulyani, & Satterthwaite, 2005;Keivani & Werna, 2001;Payne, 2005;Varley, 2007;Werlin, 1999). Lessons learned from previous attempts in Kenya and elsewhere warn policy planners that upgrading slums can result in gentrification, bringing benefits to land owners, commercial entrepreneurs, and the middle class, while displacing the poor and encouraging them to establish new settlements (Huchzermeyer, 2008).…”

What sustainable development for the cities of the South? Urban issues for a third millennium

“…It is also necessary to question the approaches and methods adopted to improve the conditions of poor city-dwellers. According to David Satterthwaite (Hasan et al 2005), action is a priority as well as the promotion of available alternatives by mobilizing -in a different and conclusive manner -stakeholders involved at national and, most importantly, local level (Pham Gian Tran et al 2002). Instead of being stigmatized as 'the problem', the poor should be considered as active members of a partnership fighting against poverty.…”