Provision of basic services in slums: A review of the evidence on top‐down and bottom‐up approaches

Devkar, Ganesh; Rajan, A. Thillai; Narayanan, Sriharini; Elayaraja, M. S.

doi:10.1111/dpr.12355

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“…How they would be safe? In many previous studies in India, it was well documented that there is a lack of availability, accessibility as well as inequality of these basic services and amenities in slum areas [ 44 , 45 ]. Thus, limited access to these services makes slum HHs more vulnerable to infectious diseases and most of the slum HHs are dependent on community toilets or water taps as well.…”

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Habitat vulnerability in slum areas of India – What we learnt from COVID-19?

Das

Giri

Sarkar

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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UN-Habitat identified the present COVID-19 pandemic as ‘city-centric’. In India, more than 50% of the total cases were documented in megacities and million-plus cities. The slums of cities are the most vulnerable due to its unhygienic environment and high population density that requires an urgent implementation of public healthcare measures. This study aims to examine habitat vulnerability in slum areas to COVID-19 in India using principal component analysis and Fuzzy AHP based technique to develop slum vulnerability index to COVID-19 (SVI covid-19 ). Four slum vulnerability groups (i.e. principal components) were retained with eigen-values greater than 1 based on Kaiser criterion - poor slum household status; lack of social distance maintenance; high concentrations of slum population and towns and mobility of the households. This study also mapped composite SVI covid-19 on the basis of PCA and Fuzzy AHP method at the state level for a better understanding of spatial variations. The result shows that slums located in the eastern and central parts of India (particularly Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal) were more vulnerable to COVID-19 transmission due to lack of availability as well as accessibility to the basic services and amenities to slum dwellers. Thus, the findings of the study may not only help to understand the habitat vulnerability in slum areas to COVID-19 but it will also teach a lesson to implement effective policies for enhancing the quality of slum households (HHs) and to reduce the health risk from any infectious disease in future.

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Habitat vulnerability in slum areas of India – What we learnt from COVID-19?

Das

Giri

Sarkar

et al. 2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…For this to be addressed, the government needs a bottom-up approach to ensure the unreliability and inadequacy of water supply systems are solved in the slum areas. (Elayaraja, Devkar, Narayanan, & Annamalai, 2017). For example, Nairobi's fast-growing population puts strain on existing water supplies.…”

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Nairobi'de (Kenya) Kentsel Gecekondular Ve Eşi̇tsi̇zli̇k: Kuramsal Bi̇r Perspekti̇f

FAYE

2023

Academic Review of Humanities and Social Sciences

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The study investigates the relationship between slums and capitalism in Nairobi, Kenya. The paper introduces Harvey and Davis theoretical explanation to examination the continues existence of slums. However, the study does not offer a comprehensive examination of all the slum areas in Kenya but focuses on Nairobi, the capital city. The paper presents that despite the poor quality of life and service delivery in these areas urbanization continues at a high rate. The article offers critical insights on how capitalist liberal policies perpetuate the vicious cycle of poverty for those living in slums. This study further highlights the rights violations of those living in slums due to the unavailability of basic services and little government intervention.

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“…Depending on the circumstances, they may be aid agencies and local employees who are sharing decisions through delegation and partnership (Rivas, 2015), or different aid agencies sharing information between themselves (Lotfi et al, 2016). A systematic review of providing basic services to slums found that national CEDIL methods working paper: Engaging Stakeholders with Evidence and Uncertainty: Developing a Toolkit cedilprogramme.org 40 government, NGOs and civil society organisations all had distinct contributions to make (Devkar et al, 2019).…”

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“…However, for these circumstances (and others) the question remains 'which local stakeholders?' A systematic review of providing basic services to slums found that national government, NGOs and civil society organisations all had distinct contributions to make (Devkar et al, 2019).…”

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Engaging stakeholders with evidence and uncertainty: developing a toolkit

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Nduku³

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CEDIL’s Methods Working Paper 4 ‘Engaging Stakeholders with Evidence and Uncertainty: Developing a Toolkit’, offers a new framework that helps choose appropriate stakeholder engagement methods while conducting research and supporting decision-making. The framework provides the foundation for a toolkit that distinguishes major differences in stakeholder engagement, illustrates pathways for choosing appropriate methods for stakeholder engagement, signposts evidence and practical tools to support stakeholder engagement, and guidance for identifying and understanding stakeholders and their relationships.

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Provision of basic services in slums: A review of the evidence on top‐down and bottom‐up approaches

Cited by 16 publications

References 47 publications

Habitat vulnerability in slum areas of India – What we learnt from COVID-19?

Habitat vulnerability in slum areas of India – What we learnt from COVID-19?

Nairobi'de (Kenya) Kentsel Gecekondular Ve Eşi̇tsi̇zli̇k: Kuramsal Bi̇r Perspekti̇f

Engaging stakeholders with evidence and uncertainty: developing a toolkit

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