Enhancing Urban Safety and Security: Global Report on Human Settlements 2007

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As the global population becomes increasingly concentrated in urban areas, the world has witnessed growing threats to urban safety and security. While some of these threats have taken the form of large-scale events such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks, others are the widespread and more common symptoms of physical, economic and social inequalities within the world's cities. The 2007 Global Report will be devoted to three major dimensions of urban safety and security: crime and violence; security of tenure and protection against forced eviction; and natural and human-made disasters. The report will focus on appropriate urban planning and management methods designed to: reduce the incidence and impacts of crime and violence; reduce the incidence and consequences of tenure insecurity (including forced evictions), with respect to both shelter and informal sector enterprises; and mitigate the impacts of disasters (both natural and human-made). The volume will be essential reading for all professionals and researchers in the relevant fields and a valuable resource for teachers and students of urban development
 

Contents

PART II URBAN CRIME AND VIOLENCE
43
PART III SECURITY OF TENURE
109
PART IV NATURAL AND HUMANMADE DISASTERS
161
PART V TOWARDS SAFER AND MORE SECURE CITIES
233
PART VI SUMMARY OF CASE STUDIES
301
PART VII STATISTICAL ANNEX
327
References
411
Index
433
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