Sentence examples for settlements poor from inspiring English sources

Construction of building and other civil engineering structures on weak or soft soil is highly risky on geo-technical grounds because such soil is susceptible to differential settlements, poor shear strength and high compressibility.

Immunization programs in developing countries increasingly face challenges to ensure equitable delivery of services within cities where rapid urban growth can result in informal settlements, poor living conditions, and heterogeneous populations.

Construction of any infrastructure over a weak or a soft soil is highly typical on the geo-technical grounds as the soil undergoes differential settlements, poor shear strength and high compressibility.

It should be expected, therefore, that older people in slum settlements have poor or even poorer health outcomes just like other sub-populations therein.

This is a particular problem for informal settlements in poor cities.

They are so costly that governments do not build pipes into the relatively powerless rural areas or the settlements of poor people that ring most third-world cities.

The flow of emigrants to the United States was encouraged by invitations from Irish people already there, and in England the new industrial cities and shipping centres attracted large settlements of poor migrants from Ireland.

Also the increase of new urban settlements with poor amenities and limited access to jobs could easily lead to massive social unrest among the migrants in the new "cities".

When the outbreak hit Brazzaville, squatter settlements with poor sanitation were badly affected.

The survey indicated that the study area included were mature, densely populated and relatively stable settlements with poor drainage facilities.

About 65% of this population lives in unplanned, congested settlements with poor infrastructure and social services (24).