Which term refers to unplanned, deprived areas near the edge of cities in LEDCs/NICs, often illegal, formed due to rapid urbanisation?

Which term refers to unplanned, deprived areas near the edge of cities in LEDCs/NICs, often illegal, formed due to rapid urbanisation?

• A. Shanty towns
• B. Subsistence agriculture
• C. Tariff
• D. Sustainability

Answer: (A)

Rapid urbanisation in LEDCs and NICs often outpaces the availability of formal housing, so people relocate to the city fringes and establish informal, unplanned settlements. These areas are deprived, labeled as squatter or shanty settlements, and they frequently lack secure tenure and basic services like clean water, sanitation, and electricity. Because they form quickly, in informal fashion, and sit on the edge of cities where land is cheaper and proximity to work is valuable, they are typically illegal or unofficial, not part of planned urban development. This combination of location, housing quality, lack of services, and precarious legal status is what the term shanty towns captures. Subsistence agriculture involves farming to feed one's own family and is not connected to urban fringe housing. A tariff is a tax on imports or exports, a trade policy concept, and sustainability concerns long-term viability of systems, not a description of urban informal settlements.

Rapid urbanisation in LEDCs and NICs often outpaces the availability of formal housing, so people relocate to the city fringes and establish informal, unplanned settlements. These areas are deprived, labeled as squatter or shanty settlements, and they frequently lack secure tenure and basic services like clean water, sanitation, and electricity. Because they form quickly, in informal fashion, and sit on the edge of cities where land is cheaper and proximity to work is valuable, they are typically illegal or unofficial, not part of planned urban development. This combination of location, housing quality, lack of services, and precarious legal status is what the term shanty towns captures.

Subsistence agriculture involves farming to feed one's own family and is not connected to urban fringe housing. A tariff is a tax on imports or exports, a trade policy concept, and sustainability concerns long-term viability of systems, not a description of urban informal settlements.