Slumming It (OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds)): Flashcards

Crowded urban area with poor quality housing & inadequate conditions

Self-built homes on any land, often without legal permission

LIDCs (Low Income Developing Countries) and EDCs

People moving from rural areas to cities for better opportunities

Migrants can't afford formal housing, seek cheaper slum alternatives

Corrugated iron, wood, plastic sheeting

Built on steep marginal land, lack proper foundations, unstable

Dense areas + flammable materials (wood, iron) spread fires quickly

No proper sewage systems, raw sewage pollutes water sources

Poor sanitation + contaminated water + overcrowding spread disease