Urban stress and sustainable solutions in LEDC cities

Nairobi Mexico City

Shanghai

Rio de Janeiro

What are the challenges facing your LEDC city?

Housing the urban poorSocial deprivation, crime and inequalityEmploymentAir / water pollutionWaste managementTransportEnergyWater and food supplyPublic space

Why have the problems developed? What is the impact on the city? (environmental, economic, social)

How is your city attempting to manage the problems it faces?

Can you find an example in your city of;

• Socially sustainable housing management strategy.• Environmentally sustainable pollution management

strategy.• A strategy to control the growth of the city.

• Also perhaps sustainable management related to social welfare, waste, energy, transport etc

Sustainable HousingWhat is done to provide socially sustainable housing for the urban poor?• Affordable housing provided by government or private

sector• Upgrading squatter settlements• Slum clearance and relocation• Site and service schemes• Loans for people to buy housing

• Other options in your chosen city?

Evaluation of strategyFor example – a relocation and re-housing project• Availability of land • Distance from employment for residents• Cost of projects• Poor standard of housing• Lack of urban services provided• Social fabric of squatter settlement broken up• Pointless as residents of squatter settlements have

already built their dwellingsAlternative is to upgrade existing squatter settlements and integrate them into the city. Favela Bairro project.