Download - Urban slums
Topic: Urban Slum
Presented ByTeam Resonance
Azizul Haque Bipul (ID:2014-1-1-074)
Md. Delowar Hossain (ID:2014-1-1-069)
Abdul Kader Sabbir (ID: 2014-1-1-073)
Sahriar Shuvo ( ID:2014-1-1-066)Shantonu Das Gupta ( ID: 2014-1-
1-84)Apon ( ID: 2014-1-1-068)
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Introduction
Approximately 40 million people in Bangladesh live in urban areas, out of
which 21 per cent live below the poverty line.
This means that more than eight million Bangladeshis live on less than
USD 2 a day.
Such poor urban households live in inadequate and insecure houses, often
in unsanitary conditions and face difficulties in accessing employment,
made worse by having little or no social protection.
Further, they have limited access to adequate health services and
education opportunities.
The identity of Bangladeshi slum dwellers as rightful citizens is
continuously challenged.
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What Is Slum
A slum is a cluster of housing units which grow unsystematically in
government owned or private vacant land. The walls and roofs of such
houses are generally made of straw leaves, Gunny bag, polythene paper,
bamboo etc. a tin shed house or even a building may be added, if it is
situated within the purview and environment of a slum.
The physical and hygienic conditions of such houses are far below those of
a common urban residential area.
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History
Slums were evident in US and Europe in the early 20th century.
First slum in the world in New York city established back in 1825, named
Five Point Slum
Early 1700s it was a lake and surrounded by Slaughter House and
Tanneries
Early 1800s it became dry and was filled up and Five Points established
Initially occupied by the Freed Slaves.
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Slums in bangladesh
Six major cities : Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal
Basic Data on Slums in Six major cities
Total population of the cities 35.5 million
Total slum population 10.6 million (30% of total)
9000 slum clusters
Total number of slum households 1 million
Population density in slums about 200000/sq km
Between 1996 and 2005, the total population living in the slums of Dhaka
more than doubled
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Common Places for Slums
Near Railway
station and Rail lines
On the Char
Near Bus Station
On governmen
t Khas Land
Beside Lakes
On Privately owned Land
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Basic Characteristics
Houses are built up of natural elements rather
concrete, rod, sand.Many
people live in a small territor
y
No govt utility services; gas, electricity, water,
etc.
Location and
Growth
Unplanned
housing
Insecure Tenure
Lack of sanitat
ion and
drainage
Identity crisis due to lack of
acknowledgement.
Unplanned road connecti
vity
Malnutrition
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Causes That Create Slums
• Rapid Rural-Urban Migration• Rapid Urbanization• Lack of low cost housing planning
• Poverty • Politics• Natural Disaster
• Informal Economy• High degree of Unemployment• Economic Recession• Social Conflicts
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Risk factors
Vulnerability to natural and unnatural hazards
Unemployment and informal Business
Violence
Drug business
Infectious Disease
Child Malnutrition
Epidemics
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Counter Measures
Slum Removal
Slum Relocation
Slum Up-gradation
Urban Infrastructure development and public housing
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Improving slum dweller’s condition
Ensuring proper nutritive food
By removing sanitation problem
Ensuring health care
Proper primary education
Managing work place for women
Availability of drugs should be banned
Supplement of pure drinking water
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Discussion
From the pre industrial period to post
industrial period the condition of slum dwellers
is improving day by day. So, we hope that in
the mid way the condition of the slum dwellers
will up to the mark.in this way we can get a
beautiful and prosperous educated generation
from those slum.