SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Citarum River, Agbogbloshie, Kabwe
27 Nov 2013
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Agenda (this topic will cover two lectures thursday nov 21 and monday nov 25). Definitions of ghetto or slum (extending our lecture on place and inequality) Rise of reagan, thatcher, mulroney, harris (quick review because neoliberalism is important in this discussion on social policy) Residential district characterized by high levels of poverty, substandard housing, and insecure tenure . Dilapidated neighbourhood marked by lack of access to adequate services, under- maintenance, poverty, and inferior living conditions . Residential district that both contains and concentrates members of a particular ethnic or racial group, due to discrimination on behalf of the host" society (for further reading: r. Walks and l. bourne, 2006, johnson, forest, poulsen, 2001, The 10 most toxic places in the world, in alphabetical order: Chernobyl, ukraine: site of the worst nuclear disaster ever. Citarum river, indonesia: contains contaminants from industrial and domestic sources. Hazarobagh, bangladesh: leather and tannery district in dhaka.
