"The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems."
"This year theme, Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management"
"This year theme, Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management"
These are just a few facts highlighted by World Water Day 2011:
- This is the first time in human history that most of the world's population live in cities: 3.3 billion people... and the urban landscape continues to grow
- 38% of growth is represented by expanding slums, while the city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure can adapt
- Every second the urban population grows by 2 people
- 493 million people share their sanitation facilities
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This is a very complex and pressing issue. We believe it is important to take a multi-faceted approach to handling this type of complex problem.
How can family planning - access to resources and education allowing women and couples to choose the number of children they wish to have and when- help to alleviate this problem?
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