Life In The Slums Plan Intro: Life is tough living in the slums‚ but I ’m used to it now so it ’s not as hard as it was when we first moved here. Especially considering we were looking to come to the city for a better lifestyle‚ and to have a better chance for my parents to get a job‚ and for my siblings and I to go to school. My name is Anikal and I ’m 13‚ I have 3 older brothers‚ and one younger sister. Para 1: living conditions and hygiene and population density Moved to Mumbai 4 years
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Essay on the condition of people living in Slums (355 Words) by Puja Mondal Essay Essay on the condition of people living in Slums! The parts of the cities‚ where these slums are located‚ are quite congested‚ as they are over populated. The conditions of the slum areas in metropolitan cities have deteriorated to such an extent due to the high density of population that the people there hardly enjoy even the basic amenities. The lanes are narrow and the houses are nothing but a single
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Slums Introduction A Slum refers to informal settlements within urban areas or cities. The informal settlements depict inadequate housing and miserable condition with reference to living standards (Meade p 43). In the slums‚ numerous individuals seek housing facilities within small living spaces. The slums also lack basic local authority services such as sanitation‚ collection of waste‚ water‚ drainage systems‚ street lighting‚ and emergency roads. Most slums also lack schools‚ hospital‚ and public
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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] However‚ due to rising population‚ and the rise especially in urban populations‚ the number of slum dwellers is rising. One billion people worldwide live in slums[2]
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THE CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVING IN INDIAN SLUMS The definition of "slum" varies from country to country. In India‚ The Slum Areas Improvement and Clearance Act of 1956 defines ’slum areas’ as places where buildings: are in any respect unfit for human habitation; and are by reason of dilapidation‚ overcrowding‚ faulty arrangement and design of such buildings‚ narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets‚ lack of ventilation‚ light‚ sanitation facilities or any combination of these factors which
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Dharavi Slum Location Dharavi slum is located in Mumbai‚ in India. The area is shown the photograph to the above. Characteristics and Conditions Mumbai has thrived economically in the recent years and now has one of the highest property prices in the world. Despite this the majority of the population live in squatter settlements such as Dharavi. In one square mile of Dharavi there are one million people and many more people arrive to live in the same cramp conditions. The ‘homes’ found in Dharavi
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August 8‚ 2012 Final Exam 1b) The Slum: The Slum‚ which was written by Aluisio Azevedo is a book centered on a slum called Sao Romao‚ its inhabitants‚ and the people who live close by to this slum. The book takes place in this slum where there are many people with different backgrounds and ethnicities who live there‚ and they all have their own stories to tell. Throughout this story the author‚ Azevedo‚ presents the audience with certain aspects of life in Brazil‚ specifically race and ethnicity
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toll on individuals living in slums in poor areas such as Mumbai. Since Mumbai is a pretty expensive place to live in‚ it is home to some of the world’s richest and poorest people. “Today‚ over half of Mumbai’s population of over 15 million lives in settlements‚ occupying only 8% of the city’s area” (Anand and Rademacher). It is the largest slum in the world. The government thinks it is best to get rid of the slum because the land is very valuable‚ but demolishing this slum would cause disastrous effects
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the New World. Aluísio Azevedo depicts the conflict and synergism of the mixing of these two worlds in The Slum. The Slum is the story of a neighborhood where members of both worlds collide‚ forced to interact with one another and it becomes a microcosm of the entire country. The characters in this community each represent a facet of the two worlds. By looking at each character and the slum itself‚ it is possible to decipher Brazil. To gain status in Brazil there is a need to create the right impression
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Kibera Case Study:- [pic] Kibera is a slum divsion in the City of Nairobi‚ Kenya. It is located 5 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest slum in Nairobi and the second largest in Africa. A 2009 population and housing survey reported that Kibera’s population as 170‚070. It is hard to acccurately compute the population due to the fact that the slum hasnt been officially reconised by the Kenyan government. Furthermore because it is a slum‚ residents may not be able to read or write
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