Assessment of living condition of urban slum dwellers in India in the New Millennium

This study analyzes the changes in access to basic services and maps the inter-regional differences in the slums over a period of 5 years in India by using the 2012 NSSO Slum Survey. This study uses the Multidimensional Wellbeing/Deprivation Index (MWD) towards the assessment of accessibility and av...

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Published inUrban research & practice Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 604 - 626
Main Authors Padhi, Balakrushna, Mishra, Udaya S, T., Triveni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 08.08.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Access
Deprivation
Electricity
Imbalance
improvement
index
Millennium
multidimensional deprivation
Mutuality
Regional variations
Sanitation
Slums
urban
India
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Summary:This study analyzes the changes in access to basic services and maps the inter-regional differences in the slums over a period of 5 years in India by using the 2012 NSSO Slum Survey. This study uses the Multidimensional Wellbeing/Deprivation Index (MWD) towards the assessment of accessibility and availability of basic amenities like education, health, sanitation, electricity, and water facilities. The findings reflect that there is an apparent mutuality among different dimensions of deprivation. This situational inspection of slums has a direct policy imperative for intervention to address the regional imbalance in urban living.
ISSN:1753-5069
1753-5077
DOI:10.1080/17535069.2021.1887923