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Slum

A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by impoverished people.

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Etymology and nomenclature

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Causes that create and expand slums

Slums in developing countries

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Prevalence

Variations of impoverished settlements

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Slum

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Edges249
Triples517
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008
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Slum

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related to Further reading · 86
Slum → AllianceMarx, Ana Rosa Chagas, Architecture, Archived, August, Baraccopoli, Benjamin, Berichte, Berlin, Big Devil, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkinshaw, Boston, Cavalcanti, Chicago West Side, Città, Developing World, Economic Perspectives, Eduardo López, Elisabeth Blum
related to Variations of impoverished settlements · 25
Slum → Argentina, Banlieue, Barrio, Brazil, Campamento, Chile, China, Favela, French, Gecekondu, GhettoHooverville, Inner, London, People, Peru, Pueblos, Refugee, Shanty, Term, Turkey
related to Prevalence · 23
Slum → Africa, Among, Asia, Caribbean, Central African Republic, Central America, Chad, East Asia, Europe, In, Latin America, Mozambique, Niger, North Africa, North America, Of, Slums, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia
related to Colonialism and segregation · 22
Slum → Africans, As, Bombay, Bombay's, British, By, Dharavi, Due, Europeans, For, In, India, Kenya, Koliwadas, Mumbai, Nairobi, Others, Some, The, They
related to Child malnutrition · 19
Slum → Abhay Bang's, Bangkok, Child, Dr, IDA, IDD, In Ethiopia, In Mumbai, India, Malnutrition, New Delhi, Niger, PEM, Tada, Thailand, The, These, VAD, WHO
related to Insecure tenure · 19
Slum → According, At, Caribbean, East Asia, Flood, In, Informal, Informality, Insecure, It, Latin America, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Secure, Some, South Asia, The, Undocumented, West Asia
related to Slum relocation · 19
Slum → Abahlali, An, Cities, Durban, Ennakhil, Examples, French, In, Manila, Mjondolo, Morocco, Philippines, Shantytowns, Slums, South Africa, The, This, Villes Sans Bidonvilles, Zone One Tondo Organization
related to history · 18
Slum → As, Before, Boundary Estate, But, Charles Dickens, Child, Christian Socialist, Europe, Jago, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, London's East End, Old Nichol, Oliver Twist, Peabody Trust, Public Health Act, Slums, The, United States
related to Informal economy · 17
Slum → Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Everything, For, GDP, In, Informal, Kenya, Many, Slums, The World Bank, UN Habitat, Urban, Without
related to Urban infrastructure development and public housing · 16
Slum → Affordable, As, Charles Pearson, City, Europe, His, London, London Underground, New York City, New York City Subway's, Paris, Pearson, Public, UK Parliament, United States, Urban

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slums housing urban poor informal city needed page areas infrastructure cities also many people government land poverty residents lack public

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Slumis ahighly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty0.90text
Slumis aBritish slang word from the East End of London meaning0.90text
Charles Dickensinstance ofThe suffering of the poor was described in popular fiction by moralist authors0.80text
A Child of the Jagoinstance ofdeprived areas such as Old Nichol were fictionalised to raise awareness in the middle classes in the form of moralist novels0.80text
Nairobi mainly to serve their financial interestsinstance ofEuropeans arrived in Kenya in the nineteenth century and created urban centres0.80text
bricksinstance ofthe construction materials for the slums switches to more durable materials0.80text
concreteinstance ofthe construction materials for the slums switches to more durable materials0.80text
suitable for slum's topographyinstance ofthe construction materials for the slums switches to more durable materials0.80text
rapid mass transitinstance ofalso creates difficulty in citywide infrastructure development0.80text
electricalinstance ofalso creates difficulty in citywide infrastructure development0.80text
sewer pipe layoutinstance ofalso creates difficulty in citywide infrastructure development0.80text
highwaysinstance ofalso creates difficulty in citywide infrastructure development0.80text

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