In 'The Independent' a aparut la 27 iunie 2007 un articol despre cresterea
populatiilor sarace din orase, odata cu afluxul oamenilor spre zonele urbane,
si a cresterii populatiei globale. Incluzand prognoze ale Natiunilor Unite,
articolul este departe de a contura o imagine vesela, fiind mai degraba o
privire care poate provoca o oarecare scarba, cel putin celora care stiu la ce
se refera termenul 'slum' nu doar din auzite, ci din vizite 'la fata locului'.
Nu se aminteste care este impactul acestei cresteri a populatiei umane
asupra situatiei din afara oraselor, adica de unde vor veni resursele care sa
ii intretina pe oameni, chiar si in conditiile inumane in care se deruleaza
viata in asemenea ghetouri. Iar daca acele resurse sunt 'absorbite cu forta',
ce se va intampla cu ecosistemul global, cum va rezista el, sau cum nu va
rezista si deci va colapsa cu tot cu ghetouri, saraci si bogati. Si-atunci sa
vezi distractie... Peter
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2714169.ece Planet of
the slums: UN warns urban populations set to double By Daniel Howden, Deputy
Foreign Editor Published: 27 June 2007
The combined forces of population growth and urbanisation are creating a
planet of slums, where the urban population will have doubled by 2030,
according to a report released by the United Nations today.
(...) Many of the new urbanites will be poor and the shelters into which they
move, or are born, will be slums.
(...) In this new world the majority of the urban poor will be under 25,
unemployed and vulnerable to fundamentalism, Christian and Islamic.
(...) In Latin America, identified by the UN as the other engine of urban
growth, the once all-encompassing Catholic Church is battling for hearts and
minds with radical evangelical churches.
(...) If we don't make the right decisions the result will be chaos.
(...) UN-Habitat uses the term "slum household" to describe a group of
individuals living under the same roof in an urban area who lack one or more of
the following: durable housing, sufficient living area, secure tenure and
access to clean water and sanitation.
(...) today's slum dwellers being one-in-three of all city dwellers.
(...) In sub-Saharan Africa, growth has become synonymous with slums and 72
per cent of the population live in slum conditions.
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