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Slum.
Last seen on: Daily Celebrity Crossword – 5/18/19 Smartypants Saturday
Random information on the term “Slum”:
This is a list of slums. 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. 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 and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.
Most of the slum areas in the Philippines are concentrated in urban areas such as Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao.
The following are former slum areas that have subsequently been either gradually developed or abruptly cleared and demolished.
Baracche of Messina
In Buenos Aires:
Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.
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.