Growing Greener Cities in Africa

Publication language
English
Pages
116pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Environment & climate, Food and nutrition, Livelihoods, Urban, Poverty
Countries
Zambia, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Tunisia, Swaziland, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Namibia, Mozambique, Mali, Malawi, Lesotho, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Gabon, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Benin, Algeria
Organisations
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

 

Africa’s urban population is growing faster than that of any other region. By the end of the
current decade, 24 of the world’s 30 fastest growing cities will be African. Within 18 years, the urban population of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to reach almost 600 million, twice what it was in 2010. African cities already face enormous problems: more than half of all residents live
in overcrowded slums; up to 200 million survive on less than US$2 a day; poor urban
children are as likely to be chronically malnourished as poor rural children.