The human face of the urban environment

A Report to the Development Community on the Second Annual Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development sponsored by The World Bank and held at The National Academy of Sciences and The World Bank Washington, D.C. September 19-23, 1994.

Environmentally Sustainable Development Proceedings Series No. 5 The World Bank, Washington, D.C. 01995 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A.

All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America - First printing April 1995

This report has been prepared by the staff of the World Bank. The judgments expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors or the governments they represent.

Cover photo by Curt Carnemark View from a cave in a Doghon village, Mali

Ismail Serageldin is vice president for Environmentally Sustainable Development at the World Bank Michael A. Cohen is the senior adviser in the same vice presidency.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The human face of the urban environment: a report to the development community / Ismail Serageldin and Michael A. Cohen, editors: Alison Cave, editorial consultant p. cm. (Environmentally sustainable development proceedings series; no. 5)

Based on papers presented at a conference held Sept 1923, in Washington, D.C.

ISBN 0-8213-3245-7

1. City planning-Environmental aspects - Congresses.

2. Sustainable development Congresses.

3. Community development, Urban-Congresses. I. Serageldin, Ismail, 1944 . II. Cohen, Michael A., 1944 . m. Series. HT166.H85 1995 307 76-dc20 95-14880 CIP