简介：Worldcitiesarefacinggreaterexclusionandmarginalization.Arecentresearchstudyhasshownthatitisnotthelargemultinationalcompanies,butthesmallandmediumenterprises,andincreasinglythemicro-businesses,whichsucceedinprovidingthemuchneededemployment.Regardlessoftheirsociallevel,alargeportionofthepopulationindevelopingcountrieshasturnedtomicro-businessesinsearchofsurvival.Thedegreeofvulnerabilityofmicro-businessespushesthemtoseekouttheinformalsector,whichovertimebecomestheirmainobstacletogrowth.Therefore,theideaofviewingthe"informalcity"asanopportunitytosolvetheproblemofstructuralpoverty,ratherthanaproblemorathreattobeeradicated,issignificantforbuildinggenuineandtruly"global"cities.

简介：Cities,asthemostcomplexofhumancreations,areatgreatriskbothfromawiderangeofhazardsandfromtheirownmultiplevulnerabilities.Withthecurrentformofglobalization,citiesaroundtheworldaremovingtogetherintoanewandhazardousenvironment.Morecitieshavenowbecomestrategicandindependentlinchpinsintheglobaleconomy.Disrupteconomiclifeinanyonemajorcityandshockwavescircletheearthalmostinstantly.However,tosustainconsumerconfidencewhichunderliestheglobaleconomy,muchinformationthatmightgenerateseriousdoubtabouttheworld'sfuturehasnotbeentabledforgeneralpublicconsideration.Whilethenewhazardofglobalterrorismforcestherevealofthereality,globalistsarefacingseverechallengesincludingthepsychologicalimpact.Theauthordrawsananalogyoftheindustrializationin19thcenturyandproposesmanyofthechangesthatareneededtoreducethevulnerabilityofcities.

简介：曾经被誉为“公共住宅的张贴画”的芝加哥卡比利尼·格林（CabriniGreen）地区，事实上正在面临着公共住宅所带来的一系列问题，残破的居住条件，不断的犯罪活动及与世隔绝的环境使这里成为一个声名狼藉的“高层大厦贫民区”，联邦住宅与城市发展部（HUD）和芝加哥城选中卡比利尼·格林地区作为一个再发展的实验基地，这个实验基地将会对整个国家的住宅政策和城市规划产生深远的影响。

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简介：卡拉奇是巴基斯坦最大的城市，目前人口估计超过1200万。卡拉奇人口占巴基斯坦人口的7％，占全国城市地区总人口的20％以上。该城市是国民经济工业和商业活动的主要聚集地。

简介：迪拜，2006年2月9日——联合国人居署执行主任安娜·蒂贝琼卡夫人周二发出紧急呼吁，立即采取行动应对快速发展的城市化与全球化世界带来的机遇和挑战。她是在联合国环境规划署理事会第九届特别会议暨全球部长级论坛上对世界各国环境部长所作的一席热情洋溢的发言中提出这一呼吁的。

简介：TheEnvironmentalPlanningandManagement(EPM)approachwasintroducedinDaresSalaamin1992.Since1998theconceptisbeingreplicatedinalltheMunicipalitiesinthecountry.Overall,theprogrammeisbenefitingmorethan50percentoftheurbanpopulationinthecountry.Thetwoinitiativespresented-theHannaNassifCommunity-BasedUpgradingwhichadoptedaninnovativeapproachinbothitsinstitutionalsetupandtheuseoflabour-intensivecommunitycontractingandcommunitymanagement,andthesolidwastemanagementinitiativeinvolvingprivateandcommunity-basedcollectionmethods,bothofwhichbuildcapacitywithinthecommunityfortheimprovementofinfrastructureasameansofreducingpoverty,illustratesomeoftheachievementsandimoactsrealizedandlessonslearnt.

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简介：ThewatersupplyandsanitationsysteminDaresSalaamfaUinawkwardconditioncausedbyseverewaste,poorinstallmenttechnology,inadequatecoverageandmaintenanceandlackofmodemsanitationmodels.FindingbothcentralauthoritiestechnicallyandeconomicaUyunabletoimproveit,localcitizengroupslookforaffordablewaysofimprovingthenecessaryinfrastructurethroughtheirownefforts.Whiletheirself-helpinitiativeshavebeensuccessful,theyurgentlyneedsupportininformationandtechnologyforbettersolutionsandproperuse.