English to Persian (Farsi) Other Construction / Civil Engineering construction

The urban poor typically pass through three phases as they move from living in slums to lower middle income neighbourhood (which they develop themselves). Poor families in each of these phases he calls “bridgeheaders” (a migrant family whose priority on arrival in the city is to find a [temporary] place to live close to employment opportunities), “consolidators” (occupying a piece of land on the fringes of the city and consolidating its place in the city), and “status seekers” (aiming to legalise tenure, acquire urban
services and extend and improve its housing).