List_of_slums_in_India

List of slums in India

List of slums in India

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This is a list of slums in India.

Dharavi

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Delhi

Near Kolkata

Mumbai

Mural by artist Seb Toussaint in a slum in Mumbai

Chennai

Bhubaneswar

Guwahati

Others

An integrated slum dwelling and informal economy inside Dharavi of Mumbai. Dharavi slum started in 1887 with industrial and segregationist policies of the British colonial era. The slum housing, tanneries, pottery and other economy established inside and around Dharavi during the British rule of India.[2][3][4]

See also

Housing

International:

References

  1. [1]
    http://bmc.gov.in/Download/BMC%20Slums.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. [2]
    Jan Nijman, A STUDY OF SPACE IN MUMBAI'S SLUMS, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie Volume 101, Issue 1, pages 4–17, February 2010
  3. [3]
    Sharma, K. (2000). Rediscovering Dharavi: stories from Asia's largest slum. Penguin, ISBN 978-0141000237, pages 3–11
  4. [4]
    Pacione, Michael (2006), Mumbai, Cities, 23(3), pages 229–238
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