THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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Immigrants moving to cities for jobs
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City Slums and Unhealthy Living Conditions
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Urbanization and white flight
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Social reformers exposing corrupt city leaders
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Detailed explanation-1: -Slums form and grow in different parts of the world for many different reasons. Causes include rapid rural-to-urban migration, economic stagnation and depression, high unemployment, poverty, informal economy, forced or manipulated ghettoization, poor planning, politics, natural disasters, and social conflicts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Growth of slums in urban areas puts pressure on essential utilities such as clean drinking water, sanitation, power, etc. Overcrowding in slums lead to the outbreak of diseases such as malaria and dengue. Crimes begin to increase in slum areas due to unemployment and poverty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unsafe and/or unhealthy homes (e.g. lack of windows, dirt floor, leaky walls and roofs) Overcrowded homes. Limited or no access to basic services: water, toilets, electricity, transportation. Unstable homes: weak structures are often blown away or destroyed during storms and earthquakes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Squatter and slum settlements have formed mainly because of the inability of city governments to plan and provide affordable housing for the low-income segments of the urban population. Hence, squatter and slum housing is the housing solution for this low-income urban population.