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Definition of Slum area

1. Noun. A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slum Area

Literary usage of Slum area

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ownership, Tenure and Taxation of Land, Some Facts, Fallacies and by Thomas Palmer Whittaker (1914)
"These rooms were better and in better conditions than those which were occupied in the slum area. It was clear, therefore, that the reason why people were ..."

2. Housing and Town Planning by American Academy of Political and Social Science, Carol Aronovici (1914)
"Hundreds of people are practically left homeless when a slum area is demolished, ... Therefore, it usually happens that if the city condemns a slum area and ..."

3. Housing and Town Planning by Carol Aronovici (1914)
"Hundreds of people are practically left homeless when a slum area is demolished, ... Therefore, it usually happens that if the city condemns a slum area and ..."

4. The Uprising of the Many by Charles Edward Russell (1907)
"Sheffield acquired a slum area for $450000, cleared it, and has built 124 modern dwellings on part of the site. Devonport tore down a fine collection of ..."

5. The Process of Government; a Study of Social Pressures by Arthur Fisher Bentley (1908)
"For the whole city the only exception to this tendency was the "slum" area, where the Republican candidate was weaker than traction in 1907, ..."

6. The Law of City Planning and Zoning by Frank Backus Williams (1922)
"Instead, the law required the rehousing of the people dispossessed near their old homes, and the former slum area was predestined to be used again for ..."

7. The Law of City Planning and Zoning by Frank Backus Williams (1922)
"Instead, the law required the rehousing of the people dispossessed near their old homes, and the former slum area was predestined to be used again for ..."

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