is a slum divsion in the City of Nairobi‚ Kenya. It is located 5 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest slum in Nairobi and the second largest in Africa. A 2009 population and housing survey reported that Kibera’s population as 170‚070. It is hard to acccurately compute the population due to the fact that the slum hasnt been officially reconised by the Kenyan government. Furthermore because it is a slum‚ residents may not be able to read or write‚ so filling in censes are a problem.
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Life In The Slums Plan Intro: Life is tough living in the slums‚ but I ’m used to it now so it ’s not as hard as it was when we first moved here. Especially considering we were looking to come to the city for a better lifestyle‚ and to have a better chance for my parents to get a job‚ and for my siblings and I to go to school. My name is Anikal and I ’m 13‚ I have 3 older brothers‚ and one younger sister. Para 1: living conditions and hygiene and population density Moved to Mumbai 4 years
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Description of the Environmental Problems Recycling is more than just waste control; it is a responsibility for the conservation of resources. As the years have passed‚ the influx of individuals entering the United States and natives alike‚ who are unequipped with the proper paradigm to fully understand the colossal advantages recycling has on their state and greater still‚ our world as a whole‚ do the environment a grave injustice. The world is only able to produce so much and if
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Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen
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reality – a city landscape dominated by massive‚ sprawling slums – some of the biggest in the world. According to the city housing authority‚ eight million out of the twelve million people in Mumbai live in the slums. And Mumbai is not alone. Slums are a global problem. They are home to one billion people – one in six of the world’s population. UN-Habitat predicts that by 2030‚ one in every three people in the world could be living in a slum. Mumbai is expensive‚ and even the middle classes have
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toll on individuals living in slums in poor areas such as Mumbai. Since Mumbai is a pretty expensive place to live in‚ it is home to some of the world’s richest and poorest people. “Today‚ over half of Mumbai’s population of over 15 million lives in settlements‚ occupying only 8% of the city’s area” (Anand and Rademacher). It is the largest slum in the world. The government thinks it is best to get rid of the slum because the land is very valuable‚ but demolishing this slum would cause disastrous effects
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the New World. Aluísio Azevedo depicts the conflict and synergism of the mixing of these two worlds in The Slum. The Slum is the story of a neighborhood where members of both worlds collide‚ forced to interact with one another and it becomes a microcosm of the entire country. The characters in this community each represent a facet of the two worlds. By looking at each character and the slum itself‚ it is possible to decipher Brazil. To gain status in Brazil there is a need to create the right impression
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Kunal Kothari Brazilian Film and Lit Professor Nascimento August 8‚ 2012 Final Exam 1b) The Slum: The Slum‚ which was written by Aluisio Azevedo is a book centered on a slum called Sao Romao‚ its inhabitants‚ and the people who live close by to this slum. The book takes place in this slum where there are many people with different backgrounds and ethnicities who live there‚ and they all have their own stories to tell. Throughout this story the author‚ Azevedo‚ presents the audience with
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Slums of Two Different sides of the World There are many similarities between Meirelles’s City of God‚ released in 2003 in Brazil and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire‚ released in 2008 in the United Kingdom‚ at the most the two films being comparable of main characters. These similarities are two different by two different sides of the world and how the main characters get out of the slums. These both films have a positive outcomes but have had rough upcoming to get out of the ghetto. The first
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A shanty in Asia’s largest slum in Mumbai costs Rs10 million Dubai developer had set up a JV in 2007 to bid for redevelopment of Dharavi By * Parag Deulgaonkar Published Thursday‚ July 11‚ 2013 A 450-square feet shanty in Dharavi‚ Mumbai‚ one of Asia’s largest slums‚ has been put for sale for Rs10 million (Dh625‚000) or Rs22‚222 per square feet. The property has been listed on magicbricks.com with the real estate agent revealing that the shanty is furnished and has a toilet. However
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