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The paper discusses how throughout the Third World today, many of its urban areas are enjoying economic growth, however, many of the poorer people in these areas have less to celebrate. The paper relates that according to Ghosh, "Between 1975 and the year 2000 the cities of the developing countries will be expected to absorb 70% of the projected population increases--1.3 billion people--most of them poor. At the present time cities are absorbing large numbers of people, they are doing so in a manner that is both inefficient and inequitable. Few cities are prepared for the vast increases that are clearly forseeable in the next two decades" (1984, 4). This paper discusses the environmental hazards that appear in Third World urban environments, why poor people are particularly vulnerable to these hazards, and how these hazards can be addressed.

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"Throughout the Third World today, many of its urban areas are enjoying economic growth. However, many of the poorer people in these areas have less to celebrate. According to Ghosh, "Between 1975 and the year 2000 the cities of the developing countries will be expected to absorb 70% of the projected population increases--1.3 billion people--most of them poor. At the present time cities are absorbing large numbers of people, they are doing so in a manner that is both inefficient and inequitable. Few cities are prepared for the vast increases that are clearly forseeable in the next two decades" (1984, 4). This paper will discuss the environmental hazards that appear in Third World urban environments, why poor people are..."

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