shanty towns

基本解释

These people are given tin sheets to build shanty towns-but no compensation.
政府给这些人提供白铁皮薄板，以修建简陋的棚屋集镇——但是没有补偿。
This has led to social projects that have changed the face of shanty towns in a number of cities.
透过他们所实行的多项社会工作，把不少城市的贫民窟的面貌都改变过来。
Other deadly mudslides have hit shanty towns where poorly built houses on hillsides have collapsed. The authorities have urged residents to move from high-risk areas. From Brazil, Gary Duffy reports.
其他致命的泥石流袭击了简易的棚屋城镇，那里山坡上的住房也都全部倒塌了，官方当局也已催促那里的居民撤离高风险地区。
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In the great shanty towns of the Third World most residents are squatting.
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As unsurprisingly, the shanty towns that surround most cities have multiplied and swollen.
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Most live in poor black townships or shanty towns, ineligible for state welfare.
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