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Clara Town
Clara Town is a slum located on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. It is built upon a swamp. Clara Town was one of several ethnic communes that was squatted in the outskirts of Monrovia. Clara Town had around 4,500 inhabitants in 1964 out of whom 99% were Kru. An area within Clara Town is named "Struggle Community". According to ''The New Humanitarian'' this zone is "a network of haphazard, rubbish-strewn streets, many of which are flooded for several months of the year". In this area, 10,000 residents share two privately owned water taps. Clara Town's 75,000 people shared 11 public toilets and 22 public taps in 2009."LIBERIA: Disease rife as more people squeeze into fewer toilets" |
Slums Monrovia Liberia West Africa July 2013
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by impoverished people.What are slums and why do they exist? UN-Habitat, Kenya (April 2007) Although slums are usually located in s, in some countries they can be located in suburban areas where housing quality is low and living conditions are poor. While slums differ in size and other characteristics, most lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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