United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

500 Million Homeless or Poorly Housed in Cities Worldwide
Urban Population Explosion Threatens National Economies

07-19-1996

About 500 million urban dwellers are homeless or live in inadequate housing, says the Global Report on Human Settlements... more

WATER CRISIS TO STRIKE MOST DEVELOPING WORLD CITIES BY 2010
Some Cities in Industrialized Nations Also Threatened

03-17-1996

Most cities in the developing world will face extreme water shortages by the year 2010, threatening the life and health of inhabitants... more

Urban Problems Mushrooming
First Ever Database of Urban Solutions Created

11-19-1995

More than one and a half billion people in the world's cities will face life and health threatening environments by 2025, unless a revolution in urban problem-solving takes place... more