Answer» - Slums are in environmentally unsuited and degraded area. Houses in slums are decaying, poor hygienic conditions, poor ventilation.
- Lack of basic amentities like drinking water, light and toilet facilities.
- They are overcrowded having narrow street pattern prone to serious hazards from fire.
People living in slums are poor. Therefore problems are common. - They arc the undernourished, prone to different types of diseases and illness.
- They can not afford to give proper education to their childern.
- The Poverty makes them valnerable to drug abuse alcoholism, critic, vandalism and ultimately they face social exclusion.
Causes for the slums: City characterized by substandard housing and dirt - Most are inhabited by poor people lacking reliable sanitation.
- Scarcity of clean water reliable electricity, timely law enforcement and other basic services.
- Slum residences are poorly built, deteriorated building.
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