Kåkstad

Av Veiken
7 nov. 2007 18:19
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Vad i herrans namn heter Kåkstad (Sydafrikansk) på engelska, typ Brasiliens favelas?
Av Sierra
8 nov. 2007 23:00
Kustaffe har rätt. Det heter shanty town!
Av Veiken
9 nov. 2007 07:30
Tack ni som har svarat. Jag tar till mig shantytown,men vad är då township (som jag känner igen och ofta har hört i dom sammanhangen)/Veiken
Av Gral
9 nov. 2007 10:02
"Shanty town" är ju bara engelska för "kåkstad". Sen har väl de flesta länder/språk ett eget ord för sina kåkstäder. Kolla Wikipedialänken jag postade.
Av Sierra
9 nov. 2007 16:31
Det finns tydligen olika namn i samma land. I Pretoria användes shanty town när jag var där 1998.
20 nov. 2007 21:25
In South Africa, the term township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped) urban residential areas that, under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites (principally black Africans and Coloureds, but also working class Indians. Townships were usually built on the periphery of towns and cities. ....The legal meaning of the term township in South Africa differs from the popular usage. They are used on land titles, and subdivided into erfs (yards, as in the land your house is built on). An example of this can be seen at [1] [2], where areas of various kinds, regardless of the racial makeup of their populations are described as townships. The term township can thus also mean a designated area or district. For instance "Industrial Township" has been used in reference to an industrial area, e.g. "Westmead Industrial Township", in Pinetown, South Africa. ----- Shanty towns (also called squatter camps, barrios, or favelas) are illegal or unauthorized settlements of impoverished people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap plywood, corrugated metal, and sheets of plastic. (wikipedia)