Flashcards in 3.4 Management of urban settlements Deck (12)
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Slums
Run-down areas of a city characterised by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security
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Favelas
Brazilian term for an informal, shanty-type settlement.
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Corticos
Decaying formal housing, mainly in the inner city.
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Human Development index
Composite index of development devised by United Nations. Includes life expectancy, educational attainment and GDP per capita.
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Self-help housing initiatives
Partnership between communities and local government where local government provides materials and community supplies labour.
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Shanty towns
Area of slum housing.
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Soft infrastructure
Housing, educations, health, leisure and other associated facilities.
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hard infrastructure
Transportation, communication, sewage water, electricity systems, etc
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Quality of life
Term that sums up all the factors that affect a person's general wellbeing.
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Deprivation
When an individual's wellbeing falls below a certain level
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Social exclusion
Process where certain groups are pushed to the margins of society and prevented from participating.
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