Sabir Ali
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The present book is a pioneer work in the field of human environment with special emphasis to the slums existing in the metropolitan cities and the various towns of the country. The book elaborates major factors adversely effecting quality of life with the emphasis on sanitation situation analysis. The pay and use toilets, old community toilets and their effect on human environment discussed at length as case study in towns of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and ...
This book is an attempt to highlight serious problems of urbanisation, the National Capital Territory of Delhi is facing today. It also brings to light several unknown or not properly understood aspects of the subject. The book includes magnitude and type of the slums, implementation of the development/improvement schemes/programmes, process of urbanisation with particular reference to the slums within slums, sanitation situation, issues of public health, ...
Urban Poverty in India takes stock of the present poverty scenario in India. It is divided in sections headlined issues and policies, women as marginalised subset among the urban poor, access to basic services, shelter for the urban poor, eradication and spatial distribution of urban poverty & urban poverty and Dalits. It attempts to identify workable practical measures to tackle urban poverty effectively. The problems requiring attention of urban planners, ...
It is estimated that one billion poor people live with inadequate shelter and with minimum poor basic services in the urban settlements like slums, squatters, unauthorized colonies, resettlement colonies, urban villages pavement dwellers, Harijan bustees etc. in India, over 30 percent of the total population lives below the poverty line. Such a high degree of urban poverty highlights a serious dimension of the country’s urban scenario. The insufficient ...
In India, over 30 per cent of the total population lives below the poverty line. Such a high degree of poverty highlights a serious dimension of the country’s urban scenario also. The insufficient employment opportunities and poor income levels add to the miseries of the urban poor. They live in sub-standard settlements like slums, unauthorized colonies, squatters, pavements, resettlement colonies, etc. These settlements are considered to be the most ...