Squatter Settlement

Question 1

What problems do you see?

Answer 1

Pollution
Overcrowded 
Dirty water
Rubbing everywhere
Diseases

Question 2

Why are there slums in LEDC cities?

Answer 2

People lose their jobs ,
Don’t have enough money,
Crime rates

Question 3

What is a squatter settlement?

Answer 3

Areas of the cities (usually on the outskirts) that are built by people with any materials that they can find on the land that does not belong to them.

Question 4

Where are squatter settlements found?

Answer 4

Continents like east Asia, and South Asia and Sub- Saharan Africa.
They can also be found in LEDC cities like:
Mumbai,
Mexico City,
Karachi,
São Paulo

Question 5

Why have squatter settlements developed?

Answer 5

Poor migrants from rural areas move to the cities, hoping for a better life, Then they can’t get jobs and don’t have enough money so they build temporary homes which end up being permanent.

Question 6

What are the houses made from?

Answer 6

Anything they can find :

Wood, car- board, waste materials etc.

Question 7

What is a slum?

Answer 7

A very poor village, where temporary homes use as permanent homes.