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Definition of Slums

Slum
Slum Slum, v. i. To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. [Colloq.]
Slum
Slum Slum, n. [CF. Slump, n.] 1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. --Dickens. 2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes.

Meaning of Slums from wikipedia

- infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by impoverished people. Although slums are usually located...
- This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing...
- "trauma tourism"). Originally focused on the slums and ghettos of London and Manhattan in the 19th century, slum tourism is now prominent in South Africa...
- communities in check. Critics argue that slum removal by force tends to ignore the social problems that cause slums. Poor families who may fall below the...
- lived in the slums for more than 10 years.: 55  Overall literacy in the slums is 60–80% and female literacy is 52–73%. A third of the slums have basic service...
- 2022. Slums of Beverly Hills at IMDb Slums of Beverly Hills at the TCM Movie Database Slums of Beverly Hills at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films Slums of...
- million slum-dwellers". As the MDGs touched on the issue of slums, it has also refocused attention on how to alleviate the problem of slums. The UN-HABITAT...
- Music – Dirty Slums by Slum Village". Itunes.apple.com. May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2014. "iTunes – Music – Dirty Slums 2 by Slum Village". Itunes...
- Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (/ˈɛskəbɑːr/; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo eskoˈβaɾ]; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and...
- of slums is their close proximity to commercial hubs due to employment opportunities close by. Materials used to build housing units within slums can...