Report on Residents’ Actual Life Conditions in a Slum District in Yangon

Abstract

While Yangon City in Myanmar was developed as a planned area, slum districts, which are said to be vulnerable, have been increasing. According to a report by a JICA study team, about 100 slum districts were formed inside Yangon city in the 1980s, but living conditions inside were not well known. The authors carried out field surveys in a slum district, named “555,” in November 2018 to understand the residents’ actual life conditions. This paper reports its analytical result: (a) Housing information, (b) Individual history, (c) Housing ownership, (d) Infrastructure, (e) Housing conditions, (f) Disasters, and (g) Residents’ future intention.