... alluring perceived opportunities available in the cities. Urbanisation in LEDC's, when thrown in a negative light, are the cause of overpopulation in urban areas, overcrowded housing, the introduction of shantytowns, severe pollution, increasing crime and prostitution, and the list continues. The rate of urbanisation is higher in LEDC's than in MEDC's, and the problems that arise are more obvious - "at least 600 million people in developing countries live in housing of such poor quality and with such inadequate provision of water, sanitation and drainage, that their lives and health are under continuous threat" (Klaus Toepfer, Acting Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements). It has been suggested that it is not urbanisation itself that is the problem, but the inability to keep up with this rapid growth in terms of infrastructure and services that is the real issue at hand. Housing in particular is an obvious ...

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