THE STATE OF AFGHAN CITIES 2015
Box 5.1: What is the ‘urban environment’?
The ‘urban environment’ refers to factors in the city which impact the current and future wellbeing of urban inhabitants and their environment. This accounts for issues that are serious considerations
now – services such as water, energy, sanitation, transportation – as well as those longer-term concerns – such as climate change and coping with natural disasters.
Climate Change
Air/Atmosphere
Mountains
Disaster Risk Reduction Parks Freshwater i.e. Rivers Access to Water
Forests
Sanitation Transportation Agriculture
Access to Energy
Percentage
FIGURE 5.1: TIME TAKEN TO COLLECT WATER IN THE FIVE LARGEST CITIES
NO TIME
LESS THAN 15 MIN
15-30 MIN
MORE THAN 30
NOT ACCESSIBLE
SOURCE: SAMUEL HALL/PIN (2014)
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