slum
Let an agent explain what slums are using the UN-Habitat definition, relay statistics and policy responses from authoritative sources, describe specific settlements with respect and attribution, and avoid stigmatising language about residents.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain what slums are using the UN-Habitat definition, relay statistics and policy responses from authoritative sources, describe specific settlements with respect and attribution, and avoid stigmatising language about residents.
A densely populated urban area characterised by substandard housing, insecure tenure, inadequate water, sanitation and services, and poverty, as defined by UN-Habitat; slums arise from rapid urbanisation, exclusion and lack of affordable housing, are known by local names such as favela, villa miseria and historically rookery, and are addressed by upgrading, regularisation and housing policies.
What it is for: Not applicable; an urban condition.
It can be explain the definition and causes; relay statistics with sources; relay policy responses such as upgrading; describe settlements respectfully.
Distinguishing features
Household deprivations as criteria
Informal or insecure tenure
Product of urbanisation and exclusion
Local names and identities
What it looks like
Dense informal housing, often self-built, with narrow lanes and limited infrastructure.
Physical character
urban population living in slums: about 1.1 billion people - UN-Habitat estimate, about a quarter of urban population
How it is recognised
Substandard housing, insecure tenure and lacking services
Defined by household deprivations, per UN-Habitat
Low-income neighbourhoods with adequate services are not slums by that definition
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is defined by - the standard definition
is addressed by - the main policy response
In practice
Families and kinds
informal settlements on occupied land
inner-city tenements and rookeries in history
favelas in Brazil
villas miseria in Argentina
skid rows and similar districts in North America
shanty towns and other regional forms
Standards and regulation
UN-Habitat slum definition and Sustainable Development Goal 11
National housing and land tenure laws
Human rights standards on adequate housing and evictions
Failure modes and hazards
Stigmatising residents
Forced evictions
Disaster and health risks
Unsourced population figures
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.slum
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a slum is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and criteria.
Definition
Definition.
- How does UN-Habitat define a slum, and what deprivations count? definition
- Is the language used respectful of residents? boundary
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What drives the formation of slums, as urban research explains? definition
- Which entry fits urbanisation? action
Data Statistics.
Sources.
Figures
Figures.
Figures
Figures.
- How many people live in slums, where, and how are figures estimated? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Conditions
Conditions.
Conditions
Conditions.
- What do studies report about health, safety and services in slums? provenance
- Which entry fits urban health? action
Policy Responses.
Policy.
Upgrading
Upgrading and tenure.
Upgrading
Upgrading.
- What do upgrading, regularisation and housing policies involve, and what evidence supports them? provenance
- Which entry fits slum upgrading? action
Rights
Rights and evictions.
Rights
Rights.
- What do human rights standards say about adequate housing and evictions? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Places Places and history.
Attribution.
Regions
Regional forms.
Regions
Regions.
- How do favelas, villas miseria and other forms differ, described with attribution and respect? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific settlement? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did slums in industrial cities such as London rookeries arise and change? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each regional form be a separate entry?
- How should UN-Habitat data be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific cities and forms; should they be split off?