What problems are there in shanty towns?
Shanty Towns are built in undesirable areas, this is because space in the actual city is under demand and the land is expensive. Often, migrants do not have a lot of money so they are forced to build their own temporarily housing. The undesirable areas are named ‘undesirable’ a reason: They are unsafe, problems occur through this factor include: 1. Some shanty towns in Brazil (favelas), are built on very steep hills, it is manageable. And if you go see it now you would not see the mountain at all; just lots and lots of poor houses. On these steep hills, it is very unsafe; landslides often occur and destroy thousands of homes and kills lots of people. 2. Some shanty towns in Kenya are built on very flat land, in the bottom of a valley. It is often flooded throughout the year and the excess waste and human technology that was flooded (e.g. metals, wooden boards, waterbottles, plastic toys) causes further problems elsewhere and cause havoc in nature. Other problems include: 3. Different p
