A Rights based approach to Slum Rehabilitation and Housing: A Study in MumbaiThesis (M.A.) from the year 2005 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning, grade: A+, , course: M.Phil in Planning and Development, language: English, abstract: This study attempts to understand how the Slum Rehabilitation Programme (SRP) of the government of Maharashtra, is implemented usingt here sources of various organizations like civil society bodies and market players. The SRP, is an indigenous policy innovation to meet the housing needs of the slum dwellers of Mumbai (comprising apopulation of 6 million), and is an improved version of earlier policies. The study seeks to compare the implementation of the Programme by two different organizations (who are designated as developers by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority), namely a private construction company and a non government organization (NGO) in two slum sites, namely, Saiwadi in Andheri East and Bharat Janta in Dharavi. |
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Ahmedabad Akruti Nirman Limited Andheri Arjun Sengupta axial categories basic Bharat Janta Bombay chawls commercial construction coping strategies core category cost of shelter demolition Dharavi dwellers of Mumbai Economic and Political families Floor Space Index forced evictions free sale component Greater Mumbai Housing Cooperative housing finance Housing Policy Housing rights violation HUDCO human rights India India Mumbai Indore infrastructure initiatives International Covenant investment living loan located Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mahila Milan moral Municipal Corporation Nagar NSDF participation pavement dwellers Plan Political Weekly Pradesh present study problems process of implementation realize Redevelopment rehab buildings rehab tenements Rent Control Rent Control Act residents respondents right to development right to housing rights based approach Saiwadi sector settlements slum areas slum dwellers Slum Rehabilitation Programme Slum Rehabilitation Schemes social SPARC squatters tenure transit accommodation urban poor weaker sections