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A slum is a crowded urban neighborhood characterized by poorly built, densely packed housing and deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, where most residents live in poverty. Understanding slums matters because they represent significant challenges related to housing quality, living conditions, and economic inequality in cities around the world.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- pejorative
- Subclass of
- residential area
- Location
- developing country
- Image
- Mumbai 03-2016 105 Bandra station surroundings.jpg
- Significant event
- Victorian era
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- topic's main category
- Category:Slums
- partially coincident with
- shanty town
- Commons category
- Slums
- Commons gallery
- Slum
- different from
- favela
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- does not have characteristic
- law enforcement
- has cause
- social conflict
- facet of
- urbanization
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