people who lived in slums. He used vivid photographs and stories about individuals to call people to action. No one could argue with a picture‚ so his book showed urbanization and the problems that accompanied it very well. He wasn’t a very experienced photographer‚ so his pictures were relatively objective‚ and therefore somewhat trustworthy. His pictures were not pretty and did not gloss over the harsh realities of inner city life. His photos captured details of the slum that
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into tenements for many people. Crude sanitation turned streets into disease grounds‚ and plumbing was poor. The story of the poor is known due to social workers studying the slums firsthand and writing their experiences. Jacob Riis studied on New York’s Lower East Side‚ How the Other Half Lives. He showed poor slum life and called for reform. He fled Scandavian’s poverty for American opportunities. Previously‚ his father was a schoolmaster and he was a carpenter. Sam Bass Warner states how
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To what effects are the causes‚ characteristics and effects of urbanisation different in countries at different stages of economic development? Urbanization is the increasing number of people that migrate from rural to urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas‚ be it horizontal or vertical. An example of urbanisation for an LEDC is Rio de Janeiro and Mumbai which has a population of 18.3 million put together and is still expanding; an example of an MEDC is Manchester
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declaration the United Nation tries to eliminate the informal settlements including the slum areas from the world. In Indonesia the government also tries to reduce the development of informal settlements in the cities with several strategies. Many informal settlements within the big cities in Indonesia are destroyed by the local governments or private institutions‚ because they always think that the squatter settlements and slum areas make image of the cities are getting worst. Besides the bad situation of
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INFORMATION Maji Mazuri is a social economic development program that was created in 1984 by Wanjiku Kironyo and based in Nairobi‚ Kenya. The program was initially developed in order to help women and children in Mathare Valley‚ the second largest slum in East Africa. Wanjiku Kironyo who was a family marital therapist set up office in the Mathare Valley and began counselling women. The women she reached out to suffered from severe depression and other psychological syndromes caused by single parenthood
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09/02/2012 Many problems exist for Less Economically Developed Countries’ cities all around the world. These may range from the favelas of South America to shanty towns present in Asia. Haphazard growth is one of the greatest difficulty for these slums and governments are striving to find practical and efficient solutions for shanty towns‚ such as the Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. The UN needs to assist LEDCs in diminishing the issue at hand. There are several potential methods that could be adopted
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are in need of somewhere to live. Additionally‚ the land these slums take up is usually in prime locations for city expansion and so can sometime restrain city growth‚ which begs the question on whether their existence is an economic hindrance to major cities. These are all points of consideration when looking at the role of slums. It has been argued that shantytowns restrict the growth of the city- this can be seen in Dharavi‚ a slum in Mumbai‚ as the shantytown has taken land away from the already
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the 1917 and 1947 plans were slum clearance‚ public housing and expressways. It is important not only to explain each of the main issues‚ but also explain how federalism played a role in St. Louis. Slum Clearance Slum clearance according to a 2006 New Mexico Statute is‚ “acquisition of a slum area or a blighted area or portion thereof; demolition and removal of buildings and improvements; installation‚ construction‚ reconstruction‚ maintenance
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population. This high dependency among the city’s population causes poverty‚ especially among the lower income groups in the city. Under the pressure of its rapidly swelling population‚ this megacity faces rising real estate prices‚ exponentially growing slums‚ unemployment‚ exploitation‚ corruption‚ poor quality housing facilities‚ inadequate clean water supply and poor sanitation. These are all similar challenges experienced by other mega-cities. Modern Dhaka is the centre of political‚ cultural and economic
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- Rediff.com Print this article Focusing on the POSITIVES of Dharavi: Rashmi Bansal Last updated on: August 21‚ 2012 19:36 IST In an interview with Rediff.com‚ bestselling author Rashmi Bansal talks about her new book‚ Poor Little Rich Slum (co-authored by Deepak Gandhi) and just why Dharavi is such an important part of Mumbai. You’ve probably heard of Dharavi; it’s impossible not to have. If you’re living in Mumbai‚ you probably pass by it every day‚ holding your breath‚ turning
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