Slum
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A Slum is a part of a city or a town where many poor people live. Some of these people may also have to bear social disadvantages. There are slums in most of the big cities of the world. They may not be called slum, however.
[edit] Literature
- Mike Davis (scholar):Planet of Slums London, New York 2006 ISBN 1-84467-022-8
- Elisabeth Blum / Peter Neitzke: FavelaMetropolis. Berichte und Projekte aus Rio de Janeiro und São Paulo, Birkhäuser Basel, Boston, Berlin 2004 ISBN 3-7643-7063-7
[edit] External links
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- South Africa slum dwellers' movement
- Slums of Victorian London
- Slums of New Delhi, India
- Every third person will be a slum dweller within 30 years, UN agency warns; John Vidal; The Guardian; October 4, 2003.
- Mute Magazine Vol 2#3, Naked Cities - Struggle in the Global Slums
