How to solve the housing problems in LEDC’s

1) Discourage rural to urban migration

• If the rural areas where people originally lived didn’t have so many problems then people wouldn’t want to leave.

• This means providing jobs for people, improving education & health care, etc.

• It also means better access into the nearest major city for jobs.

• Some countries tried to ban migration!

2) Build satellite towns to discourage population

• Some cities have built large new towns on the edge of the towns so that people have a realistic alternative to living in the city centre.

• This way they can still commute to the city to work.

3) Increase employment

• Jobs can be created in tourism as this demand in LEDC’s is growing. E.g. the beaches in Rio are attracting more and more tourists each year.

• Locals could work in the informal sector making souvenirs, acting as guides, etc.

4) Provide self-help housing

• Here the government provide a concrete base and a small plot of land to the owner.

• As he knows he owns it he is now happy to invest in it.

• Neighbours help each other improve their homes and over time even a second floor may be added.

5) Elect a stable government

• In some countries the government have been able to efficiently charge people taxes.

• This means that the governments have had the funding to build new housing for migrants.

6) Improve transport

• If better public transport routes were in place then more people would be able to commute into the cities and live outside them.

• Sadly this costs a lot of money which the LEDC governments don’t always have.

6) Improve transport

7) Obtain international aid to repair infrastructure (e.g. sewers and education systems)

• If education was readily available this would reduce the population growth rate provide people with better skills to enable them to get jobs and earn more money.

• Some rich MEDC countries offer loans to the poorer countries to enable them to put education systems in place.

8) Involve citizens

• Local authorities have formed Citizens Councils to involve local people.

• This means that they then have a say as to what they want to see changed in their favella, e.g. the roads, the sewage system, etc.

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