1. The strange allure of the slums.
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SLUMS , *SQUATTER settlements , *SOCIAL problems , *POOR people , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article details conditions in two sprawling slums in different parts of the world, the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India. In both places, inhabitants are packed together in primitive shacks with almost no utilities, and trash and human waste are everywhere. Despite this, the residents of both slums, most of whom migrated from jobless rural areas, seem almost content. Governments largely ignore the slums, and obstacles to improving them are discussed.
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- 2007