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How might the shelter crisis be resolved in cities of the South?
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How might the shelter crisis be resolved in cities of the South? The shelter crisis affecting cities of the South today, results from a gap between rates of population expansion and of housing construction. Official statistics show that in the Third World the average annual construction of conventional housing is 2-4 per 1000 inhabitants. Comparing this to the average annual urban population growth rate of 25-60 per 1000 for these countries, a large proportion of the population appears to be unaccounted for. It is because of this imbalance that a shelter crisis has arisen. In this essay I aim to determine how the shelter crisis in cities of the South might be resolved. To do this I shall firstly identify the main causes of the crisis and secondly I shall suggest and evaluate solutions to resolve such a crisis. For the millions of poor in developing areas of the world,...
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