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Urban Slums Reports: The case of Mumbai, India, Risbud 2003

A case study of slums in Mumbai. It touches upon the legal category of ‘slum’ in the context of housing options for the poor like chawls, pavement dwellings, and zopadpattis. The study profiles slums across indicators like access to services, tenure options, rentals, access to credit, education, health, occupations, incomes, community participation, social life, and looks at perceptions and aspirations of slum communities. The study then analyses specific policy approaches like the Slum Upgrading Programme (SUP), PPPs in Slum Redevelopment Scheme (SRD), and Slum Rehabilitation Scheme (SRS) among others. Findings are that the SUP had relatively poor coverage compared to SRS and SRD.

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