Urban poverty

Urban poverty is, in a sense, an overflow of rural poverty. Because rural people in the low-income group find themselves 'unemployable' in the urban environment as a result of their deficient education and training, they continue to be poor. According to the Urban Management Programme of the UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), urban poverty encompasses three main issues: lack of adequate employment, lack of appropriate urban services and insufficient social integration.

1. Socio-economic poverty
2. Social underdevelopment
3. Social injustice
4. Demoralizing image of urban community identity

1. Urban unemployment
2. Urban slums
3. Underprovision of basic urban services
4. Social outcasts
5. Fragmentation of social structures in depressed areas

1. Urban overcrowding
2. Struggle for financial security in urban life style
3. Psychological stress of urban environment
4. Neighbourhood control by criminals
5. Environmental degradation of inner city areas
6. Custodial democracy

1. Urban bias
2. Disruptive rural to urban migration

1. Rural poverty
2. Informal sector
3. Graffiti

1. Studying causes of urban poverty
2. Reducing urban poverty

1. Poverty