Quality of life in selected slums of Kolkata: a step forward in the era of pseudo-urbanisation

Ray, Bhaswati

doi:10.1080/13549839.2016.1205571

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“…Most of the slum population resides in the eastern (along the eastern metropolitan bypass), Western (dock area) and Northern (Cossipore) areas of the city. A study was performed by Ray [ 23 ] over the selected slum areas (Kankulia Road slum and Panchanantala) of Kolkata city and the result of the study showed that there was a lack of basic physical infrastructure in both the slum areas of the city. For example, there was only a community tap for the whole slum area from where 600 persons collect water (5/1000 households).…”

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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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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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“…Let's start with few examples, then it would be clear. Example 1: According to Ray [ 23 ]; more than 600 people collect water from a community tape in Kolkata (Kankulia Road slum and Panchanantala). Thus, only from a person, COVID-19 can transit others even spread to all slums areas.…”

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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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“…Kolkata, capital of the State of West Bengal in India, is divided into 15 boroughs and 141 wards (administrative units) under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area. It is estimated that 32.4% of the total population of Kolkata lives in 5,500 overcrowded low-income areas ( Ray, 2017 ) where inhabitants do not have access to basic amenities including improved water and sanitation. The study area included low-income neighborhoods within wards 58 and 59 in the eastern part of KMC; these areas are representative of other low-income parts of the city and are characterized by poor housing conditions, intermittent supply of piped municipal water, and multiple households sharing pour-flush toilets and water taps.…”

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Evaluation of Low-Cost Phage-Based Microbial Source Tracking Tools for Elucidating Human Fecal Contamination Pathways in Kolkata, India

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Graphical AbstractPhages infecting Bacteroides fragilis strain GB-124 and non-source specific somatic coliphages (SOMCPH) were deployed for identification of fecal contamination pathways in Kolkata, India. Analyses of environmental samples representative of nine different exposure pathways, pooled sewage from shared community toilets and sewage from pumping stations showed the presence of both SOMCPH and GB-124 phages in all the sample types.

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“…He points out that to improve the living conditions we need to understand the factors that led to emergence of slum areas, the population that inhabit them and the constraints imposed by the politics of slums and settlements. Lessons must be learned from the shortcomings of past policies [36], and Schenk suggests that new policies must consider ethnic diversity, disparate occupation and the social and political scenario of the slums that are critical for its existence [28].…”

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Assessment of Water Security in Socially Excluded Areas in Kolkata, India: An Approach Focusing on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Mukherjee

Sundberg

Schütt

2020

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Water security is essential not only to ensure the availability and accessibility of water for drinking, producing food, washing, but also to maintain both human and environmental health. The 2011 Census of India reveals that 17.4% of urban households in India live in deprived areas in urban landscapes which are designated as slums in the Census dataset. The increasing number of people living in these areas poses serious challenges to the provision of basic urban water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) services. Perceived susceptibility of risks from contaminated water and lack of proper sanitation and hygiene will be addressed in the light of social exclusion factors. This study attempts to assess the present situation of water, sanitation and required hygiene provisions within the areas defined as slums by the Census of India 2011 in Kolkata, India. Based on the results obtained from the datasets from the census, and a household survey, we identified a lack of supplies associated with WaSH provisions in these areas of Kolkata. The WaSH provisions in the slum areas of Kolkata city are facing various issues related to regularity, quality and quantity of supplied water. Additionally, there is poor maintenance of existing WaSH services including latrine facilities and per capita allocation of a sustainable water security among the slum dwellers. By adding to our understanding of the importance of factors such as gender, religions, and knowledge of drinking water in deprived areas, the study analyses the links between both physical and social issues determining vulnerability and presence of deprivation associated with basic WaSH provisions as human rights of slum communities.

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Quality of life in selected slums of Kolkata: a step forward in the era of pseudo-urbanisation

Cited by 23 publications

References 4 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?

Evaluation of Low-Cost Phage-Based Microbial Source Tracking Tools for Elucidating Human Fecal Contamination Pathways in Kolkata, India

Assessment of Water Security in Socially Excluded Areas in Kolkata, India: An Approach Focusing on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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