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To address many challenges and optimize opportunities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO IHP together with W12+, is investing in better decision making for resilient urban water solutions.
By Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar
Twenty-first Century India is urbanizing at a massive scale. The country is expected to house half of its population in urban areas by the year 2040. Cities, especially the larger ones, have been placed at the centre of the economic growth strategies. However, the increasing pace of urbanisation in India has not been matched by adequate planning, governance and infrastructure development. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed the shortcomings of Indian cities in addressing urban densification and inadequate provision of urban basic services including drinking water and sanitation.
This pandemic has affected the urban poor more than anyone else. The engines of our economic growth have been derailed due to massive disruption in economic and related activities inflicted by this pandemic. Given the predominance of informal production and labour relations in the Indian cities, a cessation of all economic activity is bound to h
Published March 5, 2021, 2:52 PM
Two opposition senators are seeking passage of a bill calling for the least displacement of informal settler families (ISFs) through on-site, in-city and near-city resettlement strategies by mandating local government units (LGUs) to provide basic services and livelihood programs in resettlement sites.
Senators Risa Hontiveros and Leila de Lima (MANILA BULLETIN)
This way, Senators Risa Hontiveros and Leila de Lima said the urban poor would have more rights to participate in urban development instead of their dwellings being subjected to demolition or them being imperiled because of unwanted eviction.
“Recent events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted the fundamental importance of adequate housing and people’s participation in cities and other urban areas, and ultimately, the right to the city,” the senators said in the explanatory note of Senate Bill No. 2609 or the proposed “Least Displacement of Informal Settler Families
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy in Mozambique about Water Sanitation Hygiene, requiring 10+ years of experience, from WSUP; closing on 15 Mar 2021