![]() ![]() Their "seemingly" easy slum life instead. To commute an hour or two like many in organized urban communities do, favoring Slum, to an affordable one in a well-planned out-of-town community. They prefer a risky, or even costly, house in an in-town Selfishness, or herd instinct, even when they are neither happy nor useful to The center (in big cities, where many slums are), driven by habit, timidity, Work, health, responsibilities, social ties, etc., and preferring to stay near Many slum dwellers refuse to move elsewhere, listing excuses like Shouldn't long inhabit and get used/addicted to slums, even if they CAN which isĮarly primitive humans were also used to sporadic shelters and a more mobile lifestyle). Risk may help expect, control and limit it but doesn't end it. Where emotional fetters lead to both mental & physical ones). Type of wishful thinking (arguably, the root problem of all human problems, It's emotional attachment, to a place/person/era, that causes such Scientific miracle to bring a different scenario can take forever, and those whoĮxpect much can only suffer frustration afterwards for not understanding the Of slums looks futile then compared to clearance of slums. The root problem slums have is lack of SPACE & SAFETY, thatĪll other problems stem from. Unfortunately, to live in slums, little can beĭone about safety and "nothing" about space, because when a structure hasĪlready been built without consideration for people's safety, movement, andįuture changes/expansion, no one can freely alter its fate when serious problemsĪrise or a disaster strikes: fire, collapse, flood, infection, etc. Improvement Occupy cause more harm than good, for being overcrowded, poorly served, wrongly Serious risk need to be removed, as their very existence and the place they Moving inhabitants to a safe location as soon as possible. One can better understand the importance of slum clearance.Ĭlearing slums is most urgent when people's life is at risk, by Clearing slums frees space, protects and improves lives, and speeds up development. By comparing the advantages and disadvantages of slums, The government to focus on other projects. Save time, energy, health, money, resources, and quarrels over basic livingĬitizens focus on, achieve and enjoy other things in life, while allowing Yet eventually they become a "necessity" to ![]() Ideal housing standards are a "luxury" to some, compared to other living It is a realistic long-term solution, as sooner or later ALL slums can grow insecure and inconvenient, AdvantagesĬlearing slums makes it much easier, safer and cheaper to take any urban plan intoĪction. Properly re-planning neighborhoods, towns, and whole regions, leaving little Thus automatically easing the state's job of clearing and Willfully, where other alternatives look better by comparison, Government/management/commerce/communication facilities in populous areas.Īs living conditions deteriorate in slums, inhabitants eventually abandon them, The former being practical and widely used in Shouldn't confuse well-planned central/vertical expansion with slums, However, when deciding which slums to remove, improve or transform, one If their structure/infrastructure isn't moveable or "mobile." Into centers for shopping/services/education/entertainment/recreation/etc., Slums with important location and extensive infrastructure can be transformed Used for learning purposes, as we do with fossils and antiquities. Historic, artistic, scientific, strategic. Slums can be obvious from the start, or slowly, unnoticeably growįrom planned communities that weren't maintained, supervised or planned enough to consider all futureĪll slums will be cleared eventually, except those we keep and Or they can be expensive buildings with wrong Where homeless/primitive humans or animals may live (hence a slum dweller isĭerogatively called a slumdog). Slums can be shanties, tents or mere "cover," as that Slums, control/stop their sprawl, or decide which to keep or remove. Slum conditions are relative, making it difficult to define Clearing slums is theįirst step in restoring order that people and state had broken, in a place they There should be no slums in a good civilization, as no civilized countryĬreates slums on purpose, intentionally spreading chaos. Slums are the natural outcome of chaos, lawlessness and absence of ![]()
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