Improving problems in Megacities Slums Idea Social housing Pros Create good quality housing, removes slum housing

quickly e.g. In Sao Paulo, helped 45,000 people Utility companies will connect there Low cost Growth of communities Quick solution, allows new housing to be built there and infrastructure Cons May lead to eviction, costly

Security of tenure UN suggests 30-50% of people in developing cities not legal to occupy inhabited land Eviction

No guarantee people will improve their houses May encourage further illegal land occupation

Organisation Help

Harsh and violent, slums may reappear elsewhere, relationship between people and government gone e.g. CLIFF provides loans to slum dwellers to improve homes and infrastructure

Health and environment External aid often needed e.g. Greater Cairo Wastewater Project or smaller- scale projects

E.g. 1996-1999, construction of 40 simple water pumps helped 6,000 households Transport Mexico City- private cars banned on one day a week according to last digit of number plate Delhi o in 2002, buses and rickshaws converted to cleaner fuel o strict emission controls applied to cars in 2000 o since 1997, sulphur dioxide levels down by 35%

Eco city is most ideal - Curitiba, Brazil closest to this ideal - Dongtan, China being built as first eco-city