affordablehousingforum.com

Posted on | November 15, 2012 | No Comments

Commissioned by and upon the request of the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Rozenberg Publishing Services has launched the Affordable Housing Forum website.

“The number of people living in urban areas will increase ever rapidly. Urbanization – the demographic transition from rural to urban – is associated with shifts from an agriculture-based economy to mass industry, technology and services. For the first time ever, the majority of the world’s population lives in a city, and this proportion continues to grow.

A hundred years ago, 2 out of every 10 people lived in an urban area. By 1990, less than 40% of the global population lived in a city, but as of 2010, more than half of all people live in an urban area. By 2030, 6 out of every 10 people will be living in a city, and by 2050, this number will have increased to 7 out of 10 people. Currently, around half of all urban dwellers live in cities with between 100.000 – 500.000 people, and fewer than 10% of urban dwellers live in mega cities (defined by UN HABITAT as a city with a population of more than 10 million)”. – quote: website of the World Health Organization 

Affordable Housing Forum aims to gather news items and articles about all facets of public housing, and investigate any issues surrounding it faced by local as well as national governments.

At this time, the site is far from complete. We are especially focused on developing the Forum part of the website. We will be inviting people to consider the consequences of urbanization and contribute to solving the particular issues that are part of this trend.

www.affordablehousingforum.com
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Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations – The Hague.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the materials on this site do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry.

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