Slum Area as One of Urbanization Effects
Slum area is one of urbanization effects. Slum area is urban areas that are heavily populated and have sub-standard housing with very poor living conditions and creating several problems. Many low income families build this settlement in a very improvised shelter made of from any materials. Villagers who do urbanization end up living in slum area because they dont have special ability to compete and get position in enonomic sector. They only bring dreams and hopes from their village. Foto: Antara News However, there are some advantages of living in slum area in Jakarta. First, if it's a very old slum, it may have some historical value for its unique characteristics from a past era: old structures, or even lifestyles of inhabitants. Not just historic slums, but most slums have much in common with life in the past, which is interesting to historians, anthropologists, slum tourists/slummers. Secondly, living in slum area also has social advantages. Due to their cl...