
Water & Sanitation, A People's Guide to SDG 6: A right's based approach to implementation
Water & Sanitation, A People's Guide to SDG 6: A right's based approach to implementation, prepared by the NGO Mining Working Group (May 2017).
Every second two persons are added to the urban population – today, half of the world’s population of almost 7 billion people lives in cities. This number is expected to grow to 60% by 2030. Urban growth is most rapid in the developing world where cities gain an average of 5 million residents every month.