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slums  

Definition

  • Slums are residential areas filled with overcrowded, poor, or informal houses with inadequate access to safe water and sanitation and insecurity of tenure. Slum housing may be built with either simple shacks or permanent structures. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Slums]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TH31CP0X-R

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