India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > Featured Articles > Slum demolitions in Delhi since the 1990s: An appraisal > Slum demolitions in Delhi since the 1990s: An appraisal

Slum demolitions in Delhi since the 1990s: An appraisal [1]

The redevelopment and beautification of the capital for the making of a "world-class city' have entailed a heavy cost in terms of slum demolitions. A survey documenting the change of land use that has taken place on the sites of demolished slum clusters highlights the emerging processes and trends. Some of its findings question the stated principle of the Delhi slum policy, namely, the removal and relocation of squatter settlements only when the land is required to implement projects in the "larger public interest'. The preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games further provides the urban authorities with an opportune context to "clean up' the city from its slums.

Publication Date: 
11/07/2008
Veronique Dupont [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
43
28
79
Tags:
Urban Habitat [4], Urban Development [5], Urban Planning [6], Urban Land Use [7], Urban Housing [8], Slums [9], Slum Demolition [10], Squatter Settlement [11], Urban Beautification [12], India [13], Delhi [14], Statistics [15]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/slum-demolitions-delhi-1990s-appraisal

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/slum-demolitions-delhi-1990s-appraisal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/veronique-dupont
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-habitat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-development
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-planning
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-housing
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slum-demolition
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/squatter-settlement
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-beautification
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics