Shanty town
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A shanty town is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood, or from cheap building materials such as corrugated iron sheets. A
Picture of a shanty town over "La Planicie" tunnel, created because of the rural flight to Caracas.
Shacks in Villa 31, near Retiro Station, Buenos Aires, Argentina, showing construction.
Some shanty towns have an informal economy, such as garbage scavenging, pottery-making, textiles, or leather works, providing some income. In Ezbet Al Nakhl, Cairo, Egypt, garbage is scavenged (residential area at top of image).
A shanty town in Hong Kong.
Slum
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A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorate
Shanty town
…building projects. Swiss journalist Georg Gerster noted, with specific reference to the invasões of Brasília, that "squatter settlements [as opposed to slums], despite their unattractive building materials, may also be places of hope, scenes of a counter-culture, with an encouraging potential for change and…
View of slum houses
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Soweto township
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