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SHANTYTOWN RESIDENT [1 record]

Record 1 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Sociology
  • Urban Housing
CONT

Shantytown residents are a breed apart from their gentrified urban neighbors.

CONT

Literacy among shantytowners is generally much higher than it is among people of the countryside, as are the standards of living and opportunities for employment.

Key term(s)
  • shanty towner
  • shanty-towner
  • shanty town resident
  • shanty-town resident

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

Habitant d'un bidonville.

CONT

Port-au-Prince (2,5 millions d'habitants), «c'est deux millions de bidonvillois sans eau, sans électricité, sans routes, sans latrines, entassés sous des toits de fortune aux murs faits de n'importe quoi», écrivait[-on] la semaine dernière dans Le Devoir [...]

CONT

Au début des années 90 [...] Rio de Janeiro était au premier rang au Brésil pour les indicateurs urbains négatifs : la plus importante concentration de bidonvilliens (un million de personnes) [...]

OBS

Le terme «bidonvillois» est beaucoup plus fréquent que «bidonvillien».

Spanish

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