Transcript Urban stress and sustainable solutions in LEDC cities Shanghai Rio de Janeiro

Shanghai
Rio de Janeiro
Urban stress and sustainable
solutions in LEDC cities
Nairobi
Mexico City
What are the challenges facing your LEDC
city?
Housing the urban poor
Social deprivation, crime and inequality
Employment
Air / water pollution
Waste management
Transport
Energy
Water and food supply
Public 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 Housing
What 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 strategy
For 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 dwellings
Alternative is to upgrade existing squatter settlements and
integrate them into the city. Favela Bairro project.