TITLE:
The Impacts of Urbanization Processes on Human Rights
AUTHORS:
Sonja Deppisch, Mert Can Yilmaz
KEYWORDS:
Urbanization Processes, Human Rights, Vulnerable Groups, Systematic Literature Review
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.9 No.3,
July
26,
2021
ABSTRACT: Urbanization is ongoing and its processes infringe
upon human rights, along with creating opportunities for people. This
systematic literature review gives an overview of the state of research on the
impacts of urbanization processes on human rights. The primary literature
corpus exists of case studies in the regions of developing and to a lesser
extent of emerging and, still lesser extent, developed countries. Urbanization
has mainly impacted socio-cultural-economic rights, such as an adequate
standard of living or access to medical services; however, other human rights
are also of concern, such as non-discrimination. Apart from those, the state of
research also considers the linkages to
other global change processes, contextual settings, and local problems such
as environmental degradation. It also reports on the solutions to overcome the
adverse impacts through planning, fair access rights, and sustainable land use.