Effect of developed countries on developing countries & Role of Urban Slums

Origin of slums and the reason for their formation.

:The word 'slum' was first used in the 1820s.

The reason for the formation of slums was the migration of ruler people to urban areas.

Ruler people were mostly poor, so when they started coming towards cities, they did not get a place to live because they did not have money. So when this migration started happening in large quantity, then these people started making their own colonies which were called slums.

The people living in these slums are poor, laborers and people from outside countries who came here in an illegal way, these people lived in very small amount in very small amount and because of these few reasons these people are unhyginic.

Developmental and market impact of slums.

:Today, the world's largest slum in terms of population is Orangi Town which is in Karachi, Pakistan and one of the largest slums in terms of area is Dharavi, which is in Mumbai, India, which has an area of ​​2.1 square kilometers.

Very small businesses and industries also run in dharavi (Slum), from which many people run their livelihood, not only this, if reports are to be believed, then Slums contribute 7 percent of India's GDP.

Harmful impacts of slums on society and people living in it.

:Shortage of space: About 77.6% of the urban dwellers in Mumbai reside in one room.

About 62% of the households of the metropolis reside in these slums. This give rise to the problem of shortage of space.

:Poor living conditions: Slums are not planned hence they lack basic amenities. Slums have invariably extreme unhygienic conditions. There are no toilets and people defecate in open. Slums have practically no drainage. Most of the slums are located near drains which contain filthy stagnant water.

:Health hazards: The poor living condition in slums affects the health of people mentally and physically. Water contamination cause disease like blood dysentery, diarrhoea, malaria, typhoid, jaundice etc.People are not aware of health problems.

:Socially, slums remain isolated from rest of the urban society and exhibit pathological social symptoms like drug abuse, alcoholism, crime, vandalism and other deviant behavior.

Difference Between Developed Countries and Developing Countries.

:Developed Countries refers to the soverign state, whose economy has highly progressed and possesses great technological infrastructure, as compared to other nations.

:The countries with low industrialization and low human development index are termed as developing countries.

The Resurrection of America's Slums.

After falling in the 1990s, the number of poor people living in high-poverty areas has been growing fast.

Half a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty, the number of Americans living in slums is rising at an extraordinary pace.8

The number of people living in high-poverty areas—defined as census tracts where 40 percent or more of families have income levels below the federal poverty threshold—nearly doubled between 2000 and 2013, to 13.8 million from 7.2 million.

Does the US have slums?

The town-planning movement in the U.K. was born out of the desire to combat the severe public health problems caused by the densely-packed slum communities that grew up around centers of industry as the Industrial Revolution took hold.

However, with alarming levels of inequality emerging in the U.S., people are starting to ask whether slums are still a phenomenon confined to the developing world, or whether they are also a cancer within?

Conclusion

:It is not correct to say that there are no slums in developed countries. New York City, which is probably one of the most developed cities, according to some studies, there are also slums in New York, in fact, slums are in every country but developing countries are not able to manage them. It is also being said that by the year 2050, half of India's population will move from villages to megacities, meaning slums are growing at a very fast pace.

-Prince S.S. Raghav