GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Embalming, Shanty Town
26 Oct 2016
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The fourth world one billion people at the bottom of the pile. Yearly, 70,million leave rural homes and go to cities. One billion people living in slums, by 2030 will be 2 billion. Hyoerurban growth happening a lot in developing world. What are they doing: end up in bad conditions slums, (cid:498)where nobody else wants to be(cid:499, 1/6 of us lives in a slum. Nairobi most survive on a day. Guatemala begs sometimes makes none sometimes 5$ Slum: informal settlement with inadequate access to safe water, sanitation, other infrastructure; poor structural quality of housing etc. Two sides to kenya: tourist side and other side: other side: Jobs outside formal economy (informal activities, not all are legal) Become a chang"aa (cid:523)(cid:498)kill me quick(cid:499), illegal alcoholic drink) brewer: two ways to make: One afternoon with addition of fluids like battery acid/jet fuel, embalming fluids. A drug baron sells drugs and also transports it to other estates.
