U-TT Chair. Housing the Poor. A Study of High Density Poor Environments | densityarchitecture. The need for housing is a basic need, which in its elementary form is translated as need for spatial support and shelter, being a direct follow up of the population growth and of people’s migration towards large cities. Globalization, urbanization and other sociopolitical factors have also heightened the dynamic of the relationship between cities and their surrounding outer urban areas. In relation to rapid urbanization, more people are attracted to cities in a dynamic shift from rural to urban. Most of them leave behind an agricultural life just to start from scratch in an environment they are unfamiliar with. Employment is one of the major factors in determining migration.
All large developing cities attract slums, as a natural and necessary part of the urbanization process. By attracting cheap labor that exceeds the possibility of the city to ensure housing in accordance to the needs of the newly arrived, overpopulation in poor peripheral areas is created. Figure 1. References. Blog | waste for life. Complexities At Urban Edges. Homepage. SDINet.org - Welcome to Shack/Slum Dwellers International. Urban-Think Tank. Home | Design Other 90% Network | Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.