12. The urban water crisis is also accentuated by poor management practices.

Rural women can also seek help from crisis centers in the urban areas.

During the crisis, these urban dwellers multiplied far more rapidly than in rural areas.

As a result, the crisis had its greatest impact on those living in urban areas.

But again, a crisis, new partnerships, actors locally, transforming these into a key component of sustainable urban planning.

Urban cultures Urban realities Urban governance Urban renaissance.

Urban poor Urban resources Urban sustainability Urban services Urban disasters and reconstruction.

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 Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

There were three plenary meetings, partners' dialogues on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic dialogues on urban poor, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

In terms of urban unemployment, the impact of the economic crisis and structural adjustment has apparently been harsher for men than for women.

(c) Predominance of urban urban movements, although rural urban migration remains high.

Its intergovernmental social science programme on the management of social transformation aims to ensure an integrated urban development by carrying out activities on city governance, social sustainability, decentralization and urban development, formulation of urban policies, and gender and environment issues, to provide decision makers with scientific data to improve the management of crisis.

Documentation HSP WUF 2 10 Urban disasters and reconstruction Sustainable relief in post crisis situations transforming disasters into opportunities for sustainable development in human settlements

Construction costs have increased during recent years and the housing crisis is serious, with a high proportion of informal housing in the largest urban centres.

In addition to the Partners' dialogues, five thematic dialogues were held focusing on urban poor urban resources urban sustainability urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

(c) Promote urban agriculture and urban forestry

Dialogues The second session of the World Urban Forum was organized around four Partners' dialogues focusing on the following topics urban cultures urban realities urban governance and urban renaissance.

Urban

Urban

Seminal research was undertaken in analysing urban economic conditions, rural urban linkages and effective strategies for improving urban self employment and livelihood for the urban poor.

Databases on urban and rural areas and on urban agglomerations.

Urban governance

Urban resources

Urban sustainability

Urban Water

Urban other

URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT

Urban total

URBAN TOTAL

Urban areas

Other urban

Urban Sector Profile Study for Policy Inputs for Urban Poverty Reduction

Total Metrop. Urban Lima Urban Lima Men 5.3 5.0 8.6 8.3

During the 1960s and 1970s these movements were predominantly from the rural to urban areas in 1991 they were mainly urban urban, at 44 , followed by rural urban with 25 .

(k) Trees outside forests as well as urban and peri urban forests

Africa s Urban Farmers

Africa s Urban Challenge

Rural urban linkages

World Urban Forum

Urban Millennium Partnership

Overcoming urban poverty

Urban Planning Revisited

Measuring Urban Governance

Conquering Urban Poverty