Shanty Towns
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- Created on: 06-04-18 13:58
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- Shanty Towns
- A characteristic of LEDC cities, an area within them f unplanned poor quality housing which lacks basic services e.g clean water.
- An informal settlements with poor infrastructure usually on the outskirts of a city
- Shanty Towns are made from scrap materials such as mud and straw
- Four other names for Shanty Towns are Slums, Bustees and Vevella
- They are normally situated in abandoned land such as a railway track
- People who live in them are normally from the countryside or people in financial trouble
- People may be attracted to them as they are close to friends or because there is no rent or rates and because they are a low-cost housing
- They are normally cramped or crowded conditions, poor quality housing (built of scrap materials), lack of amenities (no running water/sewage network/electricity/waste collection), open drains and poor hygiene as disease spreads very easily
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