July 2010: The July issue of Urban World, published by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), brings articles that consider the possibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, with a specific focus on Africa’s status and trends and the progress made to achieve the targets on access to safe water and basic sanitation.

The issue also has an article that explores how turning urban centres into vertical farms could provide a response to the increasing demand for food in cities, while it could also reduce the need for new arable land, the effects on wildlife habitats, transport costs, emissions and benefit the health of consumers. [The report]