Quick Guides for Policy Makers: Housing the Poor in Asian Cities 1: Urbanisation (English)

This set of seven Quick Guides has been jointly prepared by UNESCAP and UN-HABITAT to aid the daily work of national and local government officials and policy makers as well as other low-income housing stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific in their quest to improve housing for the urban poor. It is not aimed at specialists, but by using easily understandable language and a user-friendly, concise structure, is aimed as a quick tool to provide a basic understanding of low-income housing issues.

Quick Guide 1 looks at current trends in urbanisation and provides a conceptual framework for housing the urban poor.