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.
 
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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 closeness settlement and constant daily problems, they are forced to be more sociable. People living in slums develop social skills, which many rich neighborhoods dwellers don't have. Rich neighborhoods tend to be more individual, and mind their own problems. 
 
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On the other hand, there are some disadvantages due to this slum area especially for the people who lives in there, such as arbitrary. The lack of police & law-enforcement leads to the law of the jungle and higher crime rates among people, as they become more arbitrary, subjective and tribal, it means more thuggery, assault, rape, and many more.

The conclusion is, slum area will end up removed by goverment. Solutions to the problems of slum is basically the responsibility of government, that hadn't planned these areas in the first place before they grew randomly out of control which one of the reason is urbanization. Goverment also should spread development unevenly to all regions.


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