Slum Explosion Hits World's Urban Areas UNITED NATIONS (WPNS) - “All the big cities of mankind are sliding into chaos, the Greek city planner, Constantine Doxiadis, wrote a few years ago. According to a new United Nations study, the cities of the developing world are sliding faster than the rest. One-third of the urban population in all developing countries now lives in slums and squatter settlements. <** <b t° EVERY WEDNESDAY IS DAIRY JWt DAY AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES. INC. New Holland, Pa. If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from 100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price Mostly fresh and close springing Holstems Cows from local farmers, and our regular shippers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite, Gordon Fritz, Blame Hoffer, Dale Hostetler, Bill Lang, H D Matz, and Jerry Miller. - SALE STARTS 12;30 SHARP V Also Every Wednesday. Hay, Straw & A Ear Corn Sale 12:00 Noon. % PARTS • SERVICE • RECONDITIONED EQUIPMENT :zm „ BIMOEY & A. HURST BROS. according to the UN. Third World slums are growing on the average at 15 percent a year. The limited resources of most governments preclude providing finished housing for the masses of people in these settlements even at minimal standards, says the UN. Lack of Planning A prime cause of the slum explosion in the developing world, according to the UN is THEY'RE THE \ jALKOFTHnOW E-DAVID BROWN CONVENIENT FINANCING Your Complete Tractor Headquarters Lititz RD4, PA Phone: 626-4705 the lack of adequate urban planning. Two-thirds of the entire world urban population lives in com munities that have no comprehensive development planning mechanisms. “In many countries where plans exist,” states the UN report, ‘‘the institutional organizational framework is inadequate for their im plementation and they have remained ineffective guides for development.” The UN study is part of the 1974 Report on the World Social Situation, which was presented to the Commission for Social Development at its 24th session last month. Third World cities are growing three and four times as fast as the over-all population. In countries where bad weather and natural disasters have decimated agricultural production, migratidn from the countryside to the cities is still higher. The human tide has overwhelmed city govern ments. Even in developed countries such as the United States, city authorities are hard pressed to cope with rising problems such as crime, pollution, energy shortages, transportation tie-ups and decay of housing But in the underdeveloped countries, notes the UN report, the traditional range • 39-65 PTO HP HIGH TORQUE ENGINES • EXCELLENT FUEL ECONOMY, • INDEPENDENT 540/1000 RPM PTO • SIMPLE MULTI-PURPOSE HYDRAULICS • SINGLE HUSKY MAIN FRAME SUPPORTING ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION A. L. HERR & BRO. 312 Park Ave. Quarryville 786-3521 Cities Overwhelmed of public services, utilities and welfare programs that are taken for granted in the wealthier countries are almost totally lacking. The UN study views the city as the "catalyst” of the modernization process. To a large extent, that is true for the developed world, where large scale urbanization was accompanied by in dustrialization. But the large cities of the developing countries have materialized ahead of any systematic movement toward moder nization. Unemployment Unemployment and un deremployment is significantly higher in the cities of developing countries than in cities of the in dustrialized world. Some developing countries report urban unemployment rates in excess of 50 percent. The growth of urban slums reflects the critical housing shortage in the Third World. The UN study found that the global chousing shortage worsened during the first UN Development Decade. Very few countries, says the study, attained the target of 10 new dwelling units per year per 1,000 inhabitants. At present, the registered housing deficit throughout the world is increasing by more than four million dwelling units per year. 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UN officials acknowledge that no long term solution to urban crowding and decay is possible without a reduction in population growth rates. For the short term, however, improvement in agricultural productivity and living conditions in the rural areas might help to stem the urban tide. In the cities themselves, the UN report urges self-help housing and cooperative housing projects, as well as strict regulation of land use to prevent speculation. But, as Sophocies ob served, “Cities are people.” As long as the number of people keep multiplying rapidly, urban problems will rise apace. 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