Flashcards
Squatter Settlements
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- 1What are squatter settlements?Settlements built illegally around a city by people who cant afford popper housing
- 2What type of migrant usually lives in a squatter settlement?Rural-urban migrants
- 3What are the problems with squatter settlements?They are badly built and overcrowded, with no basic services like electricity or sewers
- 4What problems cause life expectancy to be lower in squatter settlements than in cities?Lack of police, medical services and firefighters
- 5What is the main type of employment in squatter settlements?In factories or shops, that aren't taxed or monitored by the government. They are called informal jobs
- 6Give a positive impact of squatter settlementsThey have a strong community spirit
- 7List three ways people are trying to improve squatter settlements1) Self-help schemes
2) Site and service schemes
3) Local authority schemes - 8What are self-help schemes?They involve the government and local people working together to improve the lives in the settlements. The government supplies materials and the people build their own homes. This provides better housing and money saved can be spent on electricity etc.
- 9What are site and service schemes?People pay a small amount of rent for a site, and they can borrow money to buy materials to build or improve a house on their plot. The rent money is then used to provide basic services for the area
- 10What are local authority schemes?They are funded by the local government and are about improving the temporary accommodation built by residents