The book An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements, 1996 noted that at least 600 million people in Latin America, Asia, and Africa were living in such poor housing — lacking adequate water, sanitation, and drainage — that their lives and health were under continual threat.
Raamatus ” An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements, 1996 ” märgitakse, et Ladina - Ameerikas, Aasias ja Aafrikas elab vähemalt 600 miljonit inimest nii ebasanitaarsetes tingimustes — ilma kanalisatsiooni ja piisava veeta —, et nende elu ja tervis on pidevalt ohus.