By the year 2020 the Palestine refugee population in Gaza will increase to approximately 1.6 million, up from 1.2 million refugees today. The substantial population growth rate will thus add some 400,000 Palestine refugees to an already overcrowded and heavily urbanized area. The infrastructure of electricity, water and sanitation, municipal and social services is already struggling to keep pace with the needs of the growing population. By 2020 electricity provision will need to double to meet demand, damage to the coastal aquifer will be irreversible unless remedial action is taken, and hundreds of new schools and expanded health services will be needed for an overwhelmingly young population.
Full Report - 23 pages
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Gaza%20in%202020%20UNRWA%20Operational%20Response.pdf
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