How can slum conditions be improved?

How can slum conditions be improved?

Successful strategies:

1. Slum upgrading.
2. Organized urbanization – Planning & Modifying urban areas to accommodate newcomers.
3. Legitimizing slums instead of driving them out of their homes.
4. Improving job opportunities in rural as well as urban areas.
5. Planning rural development along with urban development.

What are the challenges of slum upgrading?

Slum upgrading addresses serious problems affecting slum residents, including illegality, exclusion, precariousness and barriers to services, credit, land, and social protection for vulnerable populations such as women and children. Promoting economic development.

What are the problems of slums?

Slum dwellers in India regularly deals with problems such as lack of clean water, constant migration at slums, no sewage or waste disposal facilities, pollution, and unsanitary living conditions. High levels of pollution, lack of basic needs, and room-crowding are some of the basic characteristics of slum housing.

How can we control poor sanitation?

These are:

1. Access to safe drinking water (e.g. water safety planning (the management of water from the source to tap); household water treatment and safe storage)
2. Access to improved sanitation facilities.
3. Hand washing with soap at critical times (e.g. after toilet use and before the preparation of food)

How do slums get water?

Over 70% of slum households get their water from a tap, but just half get water inside their homes. The National Sample Survey, 69th Round, (2012) showed 94.2% of slum households got water from stand-posts, bore-wells, or bought bottled water.

Why are there no cross-cutting cleavages in Nigeria?

The combination of these two cleavages has led to significant separate of the North and South, but has strengthened the bond between Nigerians within the two regions. Aside from this example, no other cross-cutting cleavages exist as Nigeria is very strongly divided.

What is re reinforcing cleavages?

Reinforcing Cleavages. If cleavages overlap with each other, this can heighten the conflict and be more divisive. The disagreements produced by one division (e.g. class), will reinforce the divisions produced by another (e.g. race).

Why is there rampant corruption in the Nigerian government?

There is rampant corruption in the government because of this. The wealthy-class’s control over the state sways political decisions quite heavily. The participation of the upper class in politics is a major point in the day to day execution of governance. Regional Cleavage: There is extreme tension between North and South Nigeria.

What are the social cleavages in Nigeria?

Social Cleavages Religious Cleavage: There is tension between the 2 main religious groups in Nigeria: Islam (50%) and Christianity (40%). Religions influence on law making causes conflict between the groups as the North is illegally under Shari’a Law.