Rights Based Approach and Housing for the urban poor : An analysis of the Slum Rehabilitation Schemes in Mumbai

Binti Singh

ISBN 10: 3656105618 / ISBN 13: 9783656105619

Edité par GRIN Verlag, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2006 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The present study seeks to understand and analyze the Slum Rehabilitation Schemes (hereafter SRS), designed specifically in the context of Mumbai, using a rights based approach. The SRS when studied from the rights based approach, is not merely seen as a policy of charity of providing free houses. Instead it is seen as a platform for various players to negotiate on mutually beneficial terms, in a participative manner. With the help of an empirical analysis, the study attempts to understand the translation of this approach into reality through the implementation of a particular programme, catering to a particular segment of population namely the slum dwellers of Mumbai. The study also points out the larger implications of the rights based approach to housing.

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• Titre: Rights Based Approach and Housing for the urban poor : An analysis of the Slum Rehabilitation Schemes in Mumbai
• Éditeur: GRIN Verlag
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3656105618
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783656105619
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 210 L x 148 H x 3 P (en millimètres) 210 millimètres de largeur par 148 millimètres de hauteur par 3 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 62 grammes

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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2006 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning, grade: A, language: English, abstract: The present study seeks to understand and analyze the Slum Rehabilitation Schemes (hereafter SRS), designed specifically in the context of Mumbai, using a rights based approach. The SRS when studied from the rights based approach, is not merely seen as a policy of charity of providing free houses. Instead it is seen as a platform for various players to negotiate on mutually beneficial terms, in a participative manner. With the help of an empirical analysis, the study attempts to understand the translation of this approach into reality through the implementation of a particular programme, catering to a particular segment of population namely the slum dwellers of Mumbai. The study also points out the larger implications of the rights based approach to housing.