FAVELAS AND SLUM TOURISM WHAT IS A SLUM
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FAVELAS AND SLUM TOURISM
WHAT IS A SLUM? : heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and squalor Over 1 billion people live in slums, and that number is supposed to double in the next 30 years Above: a slum outside of Cairo Below: a favela in Rio de Janeiro
THIRD WORLD SLUMS Other names for them: informal settlements, shanty town, squatter colony Bustee (parts of India) Favela (Brazil) Kampong (Malaysia, Indonesia) Barrio (Spain, Latin America) Bidonville (North Africa) Most lack reliable sanitation services supply of clean water reliable electricity law enforcement and other basic services
BIGGEST SLUMS IN THE WORLD Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan (2. 4 million) Ciudad Neza, Mexico City, Mexico (1. 2 million) Dharavi, Mumbai, India (1 million) Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya (700, 000) Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa (400, 000)
SLUM TOURISM – EXPLOITATIVE OR EMPOWERING? Popular in Rio’s favelas and some of India’s slums Tourists pay to go on a guided tour It can be done well, where they actually learn about the issues of the area, and the guide is a local Or it can be done poorly, where it is basically a human safari trip
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