5. 5. What is the living conditions like in shanty towns? (in terms of housing, employment, transport, education, health, etc.) Housing - Even if these street grids, numbered streets, sanitation networks, electricity, or telephones are present, they are likely to be disorganized, old or inferior. Transport - Fires are a particular danger for shanty towns not only for the lack of fire fighting stations and the difficulty fire trucks have traversing the absence of formal street grids, but also because of the close proximity of buildings and flammability of materials used in construction.

6. 6. Where are they usually located? Located on the outskirts of cities in poor countries or within large cities on derelict land or near rubbish tips.