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                            Press Release 
                              Slum Dwellers suffer from an Urban Penalty: They
                              are as badly if not worse off than their rural
                              relatives according to UN-HABITAT’s State of the
                              World’s Cities 2006/7 | 
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                            Foreword by The Secretary-General of
                              the United Nations | 
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                            Introduction by Executive Director of UN-HABITAT | 
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                            Urbanization: A Turning Point in History | 
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                            Urbanization: Mega & Meta Cities, New City
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                            Urbanization: Cities as Centres of Growth | 
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                            Slums: Past, Present and Future | 
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                            Slums: Some Definitions | 
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                            Slums: Overcrowding or “the hidden homeless” | 
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                            Slums: Inadequate Sanitation & the Silent
                              Tsunami | 
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                            The Urban Penalty: Location Location Location | 
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                            The Urban Penalty: The Poor Die Young | 
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                            The Urban Penalty: Conflict and Natural Disaster | 
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                            The Urban Penalty: Education | 
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                            The Urban Penalty: Pollution &
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                            The Urban Penalty: New Threats, Old Fears | 
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                            China’s rising cities | 
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                            Mumbai’s quest for ‘world city’ status | 
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                            New Orleans: Poor residents suffer deepest
                              impact of Hurricane Katrina | 
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                            Vancouver: The world’s most liveable city
                              combines multiculturalism with environmental
                              sustainability | 
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                            Immigrants in Paris: Dreams go up in flames | 
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                            Global Scorecard: Achieving the Slum Target | 
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                            The Global Scorecard: What Works and What Next 
                              Financing Slum Upgrading | 
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                            Urban Features: Children, Slums’ First
                              Casualties | 
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