When you reflect on stereotypes and how they proliferate in media across the world, think about the access members of minority groups have to mainstream media. if members of underrepresented groups had more say in creating images of their own communities, they would also need to have access to?

Urban growth invariably feeds increased commercialization and industrialization. it requires continually expanding land areas. when urbanization rates are high, and countries do not have the institutional and managerial capacities or economic wherewithal to manage such rapid growths, they exert intense pressure on the types and nature of the resulting settlements. they contribute to the development of overcrowded slums and shanty towns without adequate essential services and necessary infrastructure.-by asit k. biswas and cecilia tortajada