Slum Realities

Presentations

Growth of Slums/Poor

Percentage Slums/Poor

Definition of Slums

Changing Situation Presentation from Manila

Church in the Slums

Readings

UNHabitat.  State of the Word’s Cities 2010-11. pp18-49.

Planet of the Slums interview

African Realities: Megaslumming

Growth of Slums

Research below is from the late 1980's. It would be interesting if someone could update these figures. Which cities have seen a decline in slums? Why is Sao Paulo so low in percentage?

Outcomes from this module

Students will be able to articulate the emergence, growth, extent, characteristics of the global slums, with reference to significant literature.