However, in the context of urban poverty, of the population per km/square in the World Bank defines as a person an area; “poor” whose income is not able to meet the economic activity of the area minimum to provide for the most basic (industrial/agriculture); human needs, which is then explained as of infrastructure and services (such as being below the poverty line. pavements and roads or health care). The internationally accepted poverty line Therefore; a city is most usually a crowded for the poorest fifteen countries is below and densely populated, industrialized area $1/day and up to $25/day in the richest with pavements, roads, piping, energy and fifteen countries. Therefore poverty line communication services, is administratively differs in time and place, and every state developed and offers a concentration of has its poverty line according to their level state-provided services. Nevertheless not of development and services. For example every urban area in every state can provide in poor and least-developed countries; all of the criteria, therefore states have poverty may mean the absolute lack of different criteria as to where can qualify as access to nutrition needed for human an urban area. For example the Indian survival when in richer countries it may definition of urban is: places having “...all mean not having the means to travel. In the 5 000 or more inhabitants, a density of not context of the agenda item, the definition of less than 400 per square kilometre, poverty must be considered for all those pronounced urban characteristics and at people living in urban areas since rural least three fourths of the adult male poverty has different characteristics. population employed in pursuits other than b. The definition of urban varies and In comparison, Turkey’s agriculture”. an area can be classified as using ‘urban’ defines it as: of settlement “population any of the following criteria; places, 20 001 and over”. or political boundaries of The term rural however, is defined in a the area as it was determined by the state; negative way, as is not urban”. “what population exceeds the number that c. Urbanization: the definition of the sovereign government accepts as a urban is not unified within the international minimum threshold to classify as urban community, the definition of urbanization area; also varies. Basically it is the proportion of
However, in the context of urban poverty, the World Bank defines “poor” as a person whose income is not able to meet the minimum to provide for the most basic human needs, which is then explained as being below the poverty line. The internationally accepted poverty line for the poorest fifteen countries is below $1/day and up to $25/day in the richest fifteen countries. Therefore poverty line differs in time and place, and every state has its poverty line according to their level of development and services. For example in poor and least-developed countries; poverty may mean the absolute lack of access to nutrition needed for human survival when in richer countries it may mean not having the means to travel. In the context of the agenda item, the definition of poverty must be considered for all those people living in urban areas since rural poverty has different characteristics. b. The definition of urban varies and an area can be classified as ‘urban’ using any of the following criteria; or political boundaries of the area as it was determined by the state; population exceeds the number that the sovereign government accepts as a minimum threshold to classify as urban area; of the population per km/square in an area; economic activity of the area (industrial/agriculture); of infrastructure and services (such as pavements and roads or health care). Therefore; a city is most usually a crowded and densely populated, industrialized area with pavements, roads, piping, energy and communication services, is administratively developed and offers a concentration of state-provided services. Nevertheless not every urban area in every state can provide all of the criteria, therefore states have different criteria as to where can qualify as an urban area. For example the Indian definition of urban is: “...all places having 5 000 or more inhabitants, a density of not less than 400 per square kilometre, pronounced urban characteristics and at least three fourths of the adult male population employed in pursuits other than agriculture”. In comparison, Turkey’s defines it as: “population of settlement places, 20 001 and over”. The term rural however, is defined in a negative way, as “what is not urban”. c. Urbanization: the definition of urban is not unified within the international community, the definition of urbanization also varies. Basically it is the proportion of