List of slums - Wikipedia
网页A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005. [1]
What Are Slums? - WorldAtlas
网页2017年10月25日 · Slums refer to informal settlements in urban areas that are densely populated. They are often characterized by substandard housing as well as squalor. Many slums also may not have reliable sanitary services, electricity, a clean and consistent water supply, and law enforcement.
To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve ...
网页2019年11月13日 · Historically, cities have upgraded poor neighborhoods by razing and reconstructing them, often displacing residents. But to actually improve affordable housing and give residents access to services and opportunities, cities need a different approach.
Where and Why do Slums Exist? | The Borgen Project
网页2013年8月27日 · The term “slum” refers to “a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor.” But why do slums exist? The Borgen Project tackles leading data and presents an analysis of slums, their …
The health of people who live in slums - The Lancet
网页2016年10月16日 · Oyinlola Oyebode discusses the health problems of people living in slums, possible interventions, and the value in additional research needed for this neglected field.
Share of the urban population living in slums - Our World in Data
网页A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, durability of housing, and security of tenure.
The families living in modern day slums - BBC
网页2017年11月8日 · Photographs show cramped rooms, packed full of family possessions, and unsanitary communal areas, featuring broken-down white goods, with few safe places to play.
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