Slum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23693216 |
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| Authors | Matthew D Wilson (0000-0002-6569-4950, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | International Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg1105 |
| OpenAlex | W4238998395 |
| ISBN | 9781118786352 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
A slum is a squalid settlement of substandard housing and living conditions where inhabitants lack adequate living space, reliable housing structures, and dependable resources such as clean water, electricity, and sanitation services. They formed especially in industrial cities in the United States and Europe during conditions of mass immigration and prevalence of low‐wage labor in the late nineteenth century. In the twenty‐first century slums are predominantly found in urban areas of underdeveloped and developing counties. Conditions contributing to the formation of slums include urbanization driven by rural to urban migration, inadequate responses to housing shortages, the reality of dysfunctional labor markets, and a lack of government provision of resources. Efforts to reduce slum inhabitance that have had varying degrees of success include slum demolition or removal, guided relocation of inhabitants to better‐quality living conditions, and upgrading measures to provide slums with essential infrastructure and services.
Business · Demolition · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Human settlement · Population · Relocation · Sanitation · Slum · Socioeconomics · Urbanization · Environmental Engineering · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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