This document discusses slums in Bangladeshi cities. It notes that over 8 million people in Bangladesh live in urban slums below the poverty line. Slum dwellers live in inadequate housing without proper sanitation or access to services. The document provides data on slum populations in six major cities, noting over 10 million people or 30% live in slums often made of makeshift materials. Common issues faced by slum residents include lack of infrastructure, insecure land tenure, and health and identity issues. Causes of slums include rapid urbanization, lack of planning, poverty and other economic and social factors. The document outlines some approaches to addressing slums such as slum removal, relocation, upgrading infrastructure and public housing

1. Azizul Haque Bipul (ID:2014-1-1-074)
Md. Delowar Hossain (ID:2014-1-1-069)
Abdul Kader Sabbir (ID: 2014-1-1-073)
Sahriar Shuvo ( ID:2014-1-1-066)
Shantonu Das Gupta ( ID: 2014-1-1-84)
Apon ( ID: 2014-1-1-068)

3. Approximately 40 million people in Bangladesh live in urban areas, out of which 21 per cent live
below the poverty line.
This means that more than eight million Bangladeshis live on less than USD 2 a day.
Such poor urban households live in inadequate and insecure houses, often in unsanitary conditions
and face difficulties in accessing employment, made worse by having little or no social protection.
Further, they have limited access to adequate health services and education opportunities.
The identity of Bangladeshi slum dwellers as rightful citizens is continuously challenged.

4. A slum is a cluster of housing units which grow unsystematically in government owned or private vacant
land. The walls and roofs of such houses are generally made of straw leaves, Gunny bag, polythene
paper, bamboo etc. a tin shed house or even a building may be added, if it is situated within the
purview and environment of a slum.
The physical and hygienic conditions of such houses are far below those of a common urban residential
area.

5. Slums were evident in US and Europe in the early 20th century.
First slum in the world in New York city established back in 1825, named Five Point Slum
Early 1700s it was a lake and surrounded by Slaughter House and Tanneries
Early 1800s it became dry and was filled up and Five Points established
Initially occupied by the Freed Slaves.

6. Six major cities : Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal
Basic Data on Slums in Six major cities
Total population of the cities 35.5 million
Total slum population 10.6 million (30% of total)
9000 slum clusters
Total number of slum households 1 million
Population density in slums about 200000/sq km
Between 1996 and 2005, the total population living in the slums of Dhaka more than doubled

7. Near Railway
station and Rail
lines
On the Char
Near Bus
Station
On government
Khas Land
Beside Lakes
On Privately
owned Land

9. Houses are built up of natural
elements rather concrete, rod, sand.
Many
people
live in a
small
territory
No govt utility services; gas,
electricity, water, etc.
Location
and Growth
Unplanned
housing
Insecure
Tenure
Lack of
sanitation
and
drainage
Identity crisis due to
lack of
acknowledgement.
Unplanned
road
connectivity
Malnutrition

10. • Rapid Rural-Urban Migration
• Rapid Urbanization
• Lack of low cost housing planning
• Poverty
• Politics
• Natural Disaster
• Informal Economy
• High degree of Unemployment
• Economic Recession
• Social Conflicts

12. Vulnerability to natural and unnatural hazards
Unemployment and informal Business
Violence
Drug business
Infectious Disease
Child Malnutrition
Epidemics

13. Slum Removal
Slum Relocation
Slum Up-gradation
Urban Infrastructure development
and public housing

14. Ensuring proper nutritive food
By removing sanitation problem
Ensuring health care
Proper primary education
Managing work place for women
Availability of drugs should be banned
Supplement of pure drinking water

15. From the pre industrial period to post industrial period the
condition of slum dwellers is improving day by day. So, we hope
that in the mid way the condition of the slum dwellers will up to
the mark.in this way we can get a beautiful and prosperous
educated generation from those slum.

16. Thank You All

17. Questions?