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title: "World Water Day. Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge"
date: 2011-03-22T22:33:23Z
modified: 2011-03-22T22:33:23Z
permalink: "https://nko.org/world-water-day-water-cities-responding-urban-challenge/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 906
categories:
  - Environment
tags:
  - Environment
  - climate change
  - urban chalenge
  - urban population growth
  - world water day
author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2011-03-22T22:33:23Z
---

 ![World Water Day 2011](http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/images/logo.gif)

![Water for Cities: Responding to Urban Challenge](http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/images/mandal1.jpg)

This is the first time in human history that **most of the world’s population live in cities: 3.3 billion people** …and the urban landscape continues to grow.

**38% of the growth** is represented by expanding **slums**, while the city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure can adapt.

**The objective of World Water Day 2011** is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.

[Read Story at www.unwater.org](http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/)

## Topics

**Categories:** [Environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/environment.md)

**Tags:** [climate change](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/climate-change.md), [urban chalenge](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/urban-chalenge.md), [urban population growth](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/urban-population-growth.md), [world water day](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/world-water-day.md)