Migration towards cities are the main cause for the birth of slums.Jusrify
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Following are the major Causes that create Slums.
1) Poverty:
Urban poverty encourages the formation and demand for slums. With rapid shift from rural to urban areas, poverty migrates to urban areas.
2) Urbanization:
The formation of slums is closely linked to the Urbanization.
3) Politics;
Many local and government have for political interests, subverted, efforts to remove, reduce or upgrade slums into better housing option for the poor.
4) Poor Housing Planning:
Lack of affordable low housing and poor planning encourages the supply sides of slums.
5) Poor Infrastructure & Social Exclusion:
It's forces poeple to adapt the conditions beyond his/her control. Poor families that can't afford transportation, or those who simply lack any form of affordable public transportation.
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Common causes include rapid rural-to-urban migration, poor planning, economic stagnation and depression, poverty, high unemployment, informal economy, colonialism and segregation, politics, natural disasters and social conflicts.Another reason slums develop is bad governance. ... They believe that if they provide urban services to the poor, it will attract urbanisation and cause the slums to grow. The problem with this view is that very few people come to the city for water or services—they come looking for work.