Skip to main

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Término preferido

slums  

Definición

  • 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]

Pertenece al grupo

URI

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

Descargue este concepto: