State of the World's Cities 2006/7 No. Articles in PDF English Spanish French 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     1. Foreword by The Secretary-General of the United Nations     2. Introduction by Executive Director of UN-HABITAT     3. Urbanization: A Turning Point in History 4. Urbanization: Mega & Meta Cities, New City States? 5. Urbanization: Cities as Centres of Growth 6. Slums: Past, Present and Future 7. Slums: Some Definitions 8. Slums: Overcrowding or “the hidden homeless” 9. Slums: Inadequate Sanitation & the Silent Tsunami 10. The Urban Penalty: Location Location Location 11. The Urban Penalty: The Poor Die Young 12. The Urban Penalty: Conflict and Natural Disaster 13. The Urban Penalty: Education 14. The Urban Penalty: Pollution & Sustainability 15. The Urban Penalty: New Threats, Old Fears 16. China’s rising cities     17. Mumbai’s quest for ‘world city’ status     18. New Orleans: Poor residents suffer deepest impact of Hurricane Katrina     19. Vancouver: The world’s most liveable city combines multiculturalism with environmental sustainability     20. Immigrants in Paris: Dreams go up in flames     21. Global Scorecard: Achieving the Slum Target     22. The Global Scorecard: What Works and What Next Financing Slum Upgrading     23. Urban Features: Children, Slums’ First Casualties