Informal urban settlements and cholera risk in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Katherine Penrose (Author), Marcia Caldas de Castro (Author), Japhet Werema (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>As a result of poor economic opportunities and an increasing shortage of affordable housing, much of the spatial growth in many of the world's fastest-growing cities is a result of the expansion of informal settlements where residents live without security of tenu...