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Media type:
E-Book;
Conference Proceedings
Title:
Perspectives for integrating housing location considerations and transport planning as a means to face social exclusion in Indian cities
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prepared for the Roundtable on Income inequality, social inclusion and mobility (4-5 April 2016; Paris, France)
Description:
This paper highlights the urban development in India and implications for low income households living in informal settlements or slums. The paper is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes urban development pattern in India. Section 2 presents a summary of policies since 1950 which have been implemented to address the housing needs of low income households in cities. Section 3 presents impacts of various housing and resettlement policies in selected cities in India. Section 4 summarizes key insights from self-planned low income settlements in cities-the slums, and expert planned low income settlements as part of resettlement policies.