Where Are The World’s Worst Slums?
The Evolution Of South Africa's Skyscraper Slum http://testu.be/1LDJ60n Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml According to the UN, almost a billion people live in slums, with numbers set to...
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The United Nations estimates that nearly a billion people call slums home. For some cities, about 80% of the population lives in a slum. In the coming years, numbers of slum-dwellers worldwide are only set to rise. Why do so many people live in slums? And what are the largest slums in the world? Well, first of all, what is a slum? Well, the UN defines them as having five specific characteristics. They usually lack permanent housing, sufficient space for inhabitants, clean water access, appropriate sanitation, and personal safety. Many slums are located on the outskirts of towns, and are poorly constructed, without any housing authority regulations. People live in urban slums in order to access more work opportunities. However, the work is often not enough to ...
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The United Nations estimates that nearly a billion people call slums home. For some cities, about 80% of the population lives in a slum. In the coming years, numbers of slum-dwellers worldwide are only set to rise. Why do so many people live in slums? And what are the largest slums in the world? Well, first of all, what is a slum? Well, the UN defines them as having five specific characteristics. They usually lack permanent housing, sufficient space for inhabitants, clean water access, appropriate sanitation, and personal safety. Many slums are located on the outskirts of towns, and are poorly constructed, without any housing authority regulations. People live in urban slums in order to access more work opportunities. However, the work is often not enough to ...
