Even in informal
settlement there is a form of formality, various rules seem to guide the layout
of the settlements for example, circulation, and boundaries are legible even in
extreme cases. My question is: why is Hygiene and sanitation in most cases not
being considered by inhabitants of informal settlement. Informal
settlement in this case Slums, are productive breeding grounds for ailment such
as tuberculosis, hepatitis, dengue, pneumonia, cholera, and diarrheal disease,
despite this, hygiene and sanitation is of low concern to inhabitants. Yes
it might be overwhelming for inhabitants to tackle this problem on their own
due to lack infrastructures but there is also a visible ignorance of inhabitant
to the subject matter. Inhabitants of slums are seen to turn their surroundings
slowly to a dump site or in some case live in dump site. I seek to understand
the reason of this phenomena and hopefully derive a solution or a proposal to
aid the promotion of hygiene and sanitation in informal settlements.
A slum in Lagos, Nigeria
Image Source: http://naija247news.com/2013/10/24/nigeria-cholera-outbreak-kills-70-epidemic-reaches-lagos-slums/
Mokattam
Rocks in Cairo, Egypt
Image soure: http://blog.ted.com/2013/10/16/communities-in-
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