IS SLUM A GLOBAL PHENOMENON?

More than 900 million people live in slums worldwide. These slums can be found mainly in full-grown metropolitan and semi-urban hubs. The urban poor have wretched living conditions . They have usually inadequate access to basic infrastructure such as water, sanitation, roads, housing or energy. Planned supply infrastructure to improve the quality of life of slum dwellers requires the participation of both the government and non-government sectors. Now, slum Settlements are no longer burden on the bustling city life. They contribute a lot to the economy and maintenance of urban life. It is the paradox of the world economy in the form of industrialization and urbanization that has attracted the rural poor to migrate and live in cities as an integral part of urban life. Therefore, it is a global challenge to integrate slum dwellers into the urban mainstream instead of removing them to live on their fate.