Urbanisation A Challenge for Water Supply – UN

The United Nations says that rapid urbanisation in Africa over the past five decades is changing the continent's landscape and generating formidable challenges for the supply of water and sanitation services.
 
In its latest report, According to the Rapid Response Assessment by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-HABITAT, urban centres in Africa are growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world.

NEP executive director, Achim Steiner, points out that, “These are the stark realities and the sobering facts that need to be addressed as nations prepare for the landmark UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012."

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