Instead , scattered villages within cities , often behind walls built to hide their squalor , and old state-owned apartment buildings have filled the gap .
分散在城市中的村庄(通常建在墙后来遮掩市区中肮脏的角落)和归国家所有的老住宅楼反而填补了这个缺口。
Each time one is visibly transformed , nearby residents , with new confidence in the future of their community , make their own improvements , creating zones of improvement amid the squalor .
Not only are prisoners frequently subjected to brutal treatment in conditions of mass overcrowding and extraordinary squalor , but many jails are also themselves run by criminal gangs .
Ms li and her neighbours on the central line of the diversion project find it impossible to comprehend that they are being moved from their ancestral homes to live in squalor so that the capital 's privileged elite can enjoy water ornaments and skiing .
Indeed , economic inequality flourishes in these massive new urban clusters . Consider the skylines of istanbul , mumbai , and sao paulo , where stunning high-rises are surrounded by ungodly scenes of destitution and squalor .