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BANGLADESH:

The delegate said that urbanization trends involve two inescapable facts: first, the process of urbanization is inevitable; and second, it involves serious environmental degradation, health hazards and unbearable pressure on basic services in urban areas. It is imperative that job opportunities be created in towns and cities, simultaneously with improved living conditions for such people who find shelter in slums and squatter settlements.