LEDC Cities Geography
Slums In LEDCs
- Why is there so little investment into the less developed area?
- What is the proportion of slum/modern development?
- Who would want to have a view of a slum?
- When was this?
SLUM
FAVELA
SHANTY TOWN
BUSTEES
A densely populated, less developed area of a city where there is a substantial lack of investment, food, water and medical attention. It is inhabited by urban people with little money and resources. Examples would be in Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro.
Slums are INFORMAL settlements which grow up ILLEGALLY on the edge of LEDC cities. They lack basic SERVICES and often house people in OVERCROWDED conditions living in shacks constructed out of WASTE MATERIALS. Common problems in such include lack of electricity, drinking water and SANITATION. They are also known as FAVELAS and bustees.
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FEELINGS
- Empathy
- Hope
ACTIONS
- Helping
- Walking for miles
- Dangerous treks around the alleys in the slum
- Working
- Emotionless births
- Struggling
SOUNDS
- Busy
- Background
NUMBERS
- 1 billion people live in slums
- 100,000s unemployed
- 1 million people in Kimera, Nairobi
SIGHTS
- Labyrinths of shacks
- Playing
- Smiles
- Open sewer
- Dirty
NATURE
- Dry
- Empty
PEOPLE
- Society
- Abandoned by husbands
- Happy
- Upbeat
- Optimistic
- Full of life
- Landlords in illegal settlements
- Layers of wealth
Land Use in LEDCs
LEDC Model
MEDC Model
SIMILARITIES
- The CBD is in the same place in both, situated right in the middle of the rings
- Both images have rings that get larger
DIFFERENCES
- The LEDC model is cut up by industrial land and transportation
- The MEDC model is much more organised and has more of an obvious structure
Rural India to Mumbai
In the farming areas and districts you will experience:
- Poverty from self employment and minimal income
- Minimal access to sanitation and use of natural water storages for drinking, washing and cooking water
- Lots of spare, unowned but expensive land
- Weather issues such as landslides and flooding
- Famine from reliance on a good harvest
- Drought
In the outer, less developed slums you will see and experience:
- Unplanned, mish-mashed houses
- Stacked steel structures covered in sheets and tarps for water protection
- Dirt coating clothing and walls
- Lack of sanitation
- Open sewers bringing diseases such as cholera and typhoid
- Overcrowded conditions
In the older, nicer, more developed slums you will see:
- More planned structures with more of an intentional layout
- Overcrowded living spaces hosting multiple families
- Lack of sanitation
- Use of the polluted river for drinking water and washing
- Decrepit, old structures
- Narrow alleys and a labyrinth of passageways
Arriving into the transportation, industrial districts you will encounter:
- Modern technology being contrasted by historical backdrops
- Modern, urban developments cutting through traditional markets
- Commuters and more of the upper classes and castes
- Business people working in secondary or potentially tertiary employment sectors
- Smoggy, polluted air
- A more refined structure and layout
Moving into the permanent, intentional districts and areas you will see:
- Tourism as a mass money making machine
- High Indian castes mingling
- Access to sanitation, other basic living requirements and certain luxuries
- Hotels, tourist attractions, 'skyline' buildings
- Office towers and higher tech industries
- Wealth and unfairly shared profits