The consequences of rapid urbanization, combined with poor urban governance, weak economic growth and HIV AIDS, have reached crisis proportions in cities and urban areas of much of the developing world, especially in Africa.

The Urban Challenge in Africa Growth

The rapid growth in imports amazes us.

Thus, there is a need to take into consideration the rapid growth of the urban population in terms of national economy and social policies and, in particular, to prevent that it causes serious social and political problems in the urban zones.

The rapid growth of urban areas in all regions of the world, increasing disparities of income and living conditions and the high proportion of children and young people living in conditions of poverty in those urban areas all present major challenges.

The urban search and rescue response was rapid and effective in all disasters.

In view of a growing trend in this area, we are observing rapid growth in the urban informal sector and an increase in the incidence of hazardous employment and crime.

In the urban areas, more economic and social activities, and greater freedom of movement, expression and religion may be observed, leading to rapid population growth without the corresponding infrastructural support.

We're amazed by the rapid growth in import quantities.

275. This sector has experienced rapid and extensive growth.

In China, for example, rapid economic growth after the late 1970s was associated with a significant rise in inequality. Roughly half of the increase was the result of urban rural earnings gaps, which also acted as the engine of growth.

The rapid growth of urban areas in many countries, coupled with poverty, growing income disparities and the breakdown of traditional family, social and cultural networks, place those urban areas, and the high proportions of children and young people living in unstable and poor urban environments, at high risk of crime and victimization.

It offered hope and expectation, rapid economic growth and development.

Unfortunately, achieving rapid economic growth did not necessarily eliminate poverty.

The composition of those loans had been changed to take into account the environmental consequences of rapid urban growth and a renewed commitment to the solution of environmental problems in rural areas.

As rapid urban growth and increasing consumption were putting pressure on natural resources and fragile ecosystems, population and reproductive health concerns must be addressed as an integral part of sustainable development efforts.

In China, the very act of deregulating employment by allowing self employment has released the floodgates of entrepreneurial energy and led to a rapid growth of SMEs established by peasants and urban dwellers.

Sustained, rapid and broad based growth is fundamental to our task.

The Bay of Panama has been particularly affected by rapid urban growth, which has caused increasing pollution by untreated household and industrial waste and pesticides and fertilizers, threatening public health and the fishing industry.

In other words, urban areas were the engines of economic growth.

Urban growth in developing countries is proceeding at an unprecedented rate.

Gender Aspects of Urban Economic Growth and Development, by Sylvia Chant

The world's population is becoming increasingly urban and three quarters of the urban population growth is occurring in developing countries.

The Urban Challenge in Africa Growth and Management of its Large Cities

Public perception of and reactions to urban crime and youth violence tend to demand rapid and punitive responses.

Urban poverty, he added, was, however, not affecting cities alone. Rapid urban expansion was putting more pressure on the countryside and on ecosystems causing deforestation, flooding, and other problems.

The urban population in Mozambique has experienced a considerable growth, even though such growth has been relatively slow compared to growth in other African countries.

15. A high rate of economic growth and job creation were crucial to poverty eradication, particularly in countries with rapid population growth.

The Indonesian Government points out that East Timor s economic growth almost parallel led the rapid economic growth of East Java and Yogjakarta.

The least urbanized continent, Africa, is due to experience the highest urban growth rate.

The population is characterized by rapid growth and a very high proportion of young people.

23.4 The rapid growth of the Office has also posed serious challenges for its management.

As most of the returnees settle in urban areas, there has been an estimated 6 per cent annual growth rate in the urban population.

The majority of countries highlight rapid urbanization and the spread of urban poverty as the fundamental causes of poor housing conditions.

And as we treat it with our compound, this addiction to sugar, this rapid growth, faded.

India, which has one sixth of the world's population, is on a rapid economic growth path.

Much of the urban growth comes from the increasing migration of the rural population to urban areas and legal and illegal migration across borders and regions.

While urbanization and economic growth are linked and are regarded as dominant features of national economic development, rapid urbanization will pose enormous challenges for the urban social and physical environment, particularly in terms of the widespread poverty that results from mass unemployment.

Planning in anticipation of urban growth could warrant investment in large scale sanitation and sewerage systems.

The urban population growth rate in 1993 was less than that of 1980, yet still positive.

But, to get on a process of increasing income, increasing skills led to very rapid growth there.

Due to the rapid growth of its economy, demand for steel has increased at very high rates.

The socio economic changes cited included rapid population growth, high food demand, and land and ecological degradation.

There are about 3,500 cases per year, due to rapid population growth, migration from rural areas, etc.

During 1995, UNDCP supported a rapid assessment study covering mining areas, border towns, poppy cultivation areas and high risk urban areas in Myanmar.