List of slums

A slum in Delhi, India in 1973
A slum in Manila, Philippines
A Villa Miseria in Argentina
A favela in Brazil
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This is a list of slums in the world. 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] and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.[3]

Africa

Egypt

Ghana

Taxi drivers waiting for fares near the beachfront slum in Accra's Jamestown

Kenya

A view of Kibera

Liberia

Mauritania

Namibia

Nigeria

South Africa

A shantytown in Cape Flats

Swaziland

Asia

Bangladesh

China

Hong Kong

Other slums are the Pokfulam, Ma Wan Village, and hundred of villages across new territories housing indigenous Hong Konger and new immigrants without the proper pavement, road, ventilation and drainage.

India

Slum improvement in Delhi, 1983

Pakistan

A slum in Karachi

Sri Lanka

Australia

Melbourne

Europe

A living area at the former Cardboard city

The following are former slum areas that have subsequently been either gradually developed or abruptly cleared and demolished.

England

Malta

Model of Valletta's Manderaggio before demolition

Scotland

Serbia

Spain

Turkey

Middle East

Yemen

North America

Cité Soleil, 2002
Housing development at Iztapalapa
A slum in the hillside at Ecatepec, Mexico

Haiti

Jamaica

United States

Mexico

South America

Colombia

Brazil

Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.

Rocinha is the largest hill favela in Rio de Janeiro. Although favelas are found in urban areas throughout Brazil, many of the more famous ones exist in Rio — a widely photographed city

Peru

Main article: List of slums in Peru

Pueblos jóvenes is the nickname given to the vast shanty towns that surround Lima and other cities of Peru. Many of these towns have developed into significant districts in Lima such as Villa El Salvador and Comas District, Lima.

Venezuela

Petare slum in Caracas

See also

A campamento in Chile

References

  1. United Nations, 2007. The Millennium Development Goals Report. p. 26
  2. "Review of Mike Davis’ ‘Planet of Slums’". The Struggle for the City. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. Slum Dwellers to double by 2030 UN-HABITAT report, April 2007.
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  8. "UN-Habitat and the Kenya slum upgrading programme". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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  12. "South Africa's Magnifying Glass". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  13. "Cape Town". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  14. "Urbanization and development in Swaziland". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  15. http://www.citiesalliance.org/ca/sites/citiesalliance.org/files/Civis2English%5B2%5D.pdf
  16. Ramesh, Randeep (22 December 2006). "Hidden cost of 'cheap chic'". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2008-11-24.
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  18. "What Is Urban Upgrading?" MIT. Accessed 3 December 2010

External links

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