Necessities. Welcome to the show. For the 1st time in history more people now live in urban areas than Rural Communities and population growth is expected to take place almost exclusively in the world cities and towns a fast pace of. Leading to a growing number of slums. Conditions and overcrowding make them much more vulnerable to the spread of a disease. Asia is home to the worlds largest. Stand some 2400000 residents have to contend with the scarcity of water and Gang Violence its followed by. East of mexico city and in mumbai. A 1000000 residents. 2 of the 5 largest slums are on the african continent in Nairobi Kenya and cape town south africa. People were expecting the virus would wipe out entire slums but it hasnt happened like that the indian slum of dharavi is being hailed as a model for containing the spread of covert 19 it was widely reported to have flattened the curve despite the lack of physical distancing and Contact Tracing officials admit not all deaths are probably reg