Human settlement interventions addressing crowding and health issues.

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Defining Slums and the Challenge of Slum Health. Inthe UN operationally defined slums as those communities characterized by: insecure residential status, poor structural quality of housing, overcrowding, and inadequate access to safe water, sanitation, and other infrastructure [] (Table 2).The UN report, The Challenge of Slums, is the most comprehensive account of the Cited by: Informal settlements are becoming more entrenched within African cities as the urban population continues to grow.

Characterised by poor housing conditions and inadequate services, informal settlements are associated with an increased risk of disease and ill-health. However, little is known about how informal settlement upgrading impacts health over : Amy Weimann, Tolu Oni.

It reflects research conducted over a two-and-a-half-year period from March to November and is based on interviews conducted by the Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Project and other. Finding the right balance between these competing pressures of density and diversity is a constant challenge for planners of urban healthcompared with other areas, cities have a rich array of social and human resources, from dense social networks and many community organizations to numerous formal and informal service Cited by: Because slums around the globe share similar characteristics of poverty and deprivations in many spheres of life, including health care, 3, 4,8,10,11,14,16,17,18,19 it is expected that findings.