A PLACE TO CALL HOME
WANTED: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
75%
global increase in
water demand
Sources: World Bank; World Health Organization; Energy and Air Pollution, International Energy Agency; Demographia; The Guardian; Harvard Business Revie w; World Cities Report 2016, UN Habitat;
World Economic Forum; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Number of “smart city” projects the government
of India is funding to improve urban water and
energy management
As urban centers grow more crowded, governments and private organizations are sponsoring
projects to provide adequate housing.
1 billion
New homes needed worldwide
by 2025—at an estimated cost of
US$650 billion per year
Cities will require more energy and water to support populations,
spurring projects to deliver efficient new buildings and infrastructure.
of global primary energy
is consumed by cities.
By 2030 there will be a …
40%
28%
50%
global increase in
energy demand
Increase of urban residents
living in slums since 1990
US$317.5 million
Cost of sustainable urbanization projects in
China, including adding modern utilities, in 2016
US$70 million
Cost of projects in Niger, Africa to improve
water sanitation in urban areas in 2016
US$142 million
Cost of projects to increase access to sustainable water services in Vietnamese cities in 2016
100
US$100 million
World Bank funding for Indian
affordable and sustainable
housing projects in 2016
US$1.7 billion
Projected cost of Indonesia
slum upgrading projects
beginning in 2016
440 million
Estimated households
living in inadequate or
unaffordable housing by
2025—about one-third of
the world’s urban population
US$48.9 billion
U.S. federal government
spending on affordable
housing and urban development initiatives in 2017—up
US$1.9 billion from 2016
