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    was developed and promoted as a heritage village which today acts as one of the important tourist attraction element in the Taj city. The current project is City wide Slum Upgrading Project (CUSP) in which I was thoroughly involved during my training period. In this project I was involved in understanding the conditions of the slums through field visits‚ interaction with local dwellers and observations. I was also involved in designing various spaces for selected communities. List of works:

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    Guilty or Not Guilty     8 million people a year serve jury duty. Choosing 12 individuals to make a life or death decision can be dangerous because people dread jury duty‚ people are biased‚ and  some people lack more intelligence than others. Reginald Rose demonstrated this in his play Twelve Angry Men  he wrote for television. Viewers saw these dangers expressed through the characters in the play.     Many people dislike receiving an envelope saying they have to serve jury duty. People not liking

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    Mumbai Script History of Mumbai To understand the urban developments that have occurred within Mumbai we must first look briefly at the history of the City. Mumbai was originally made up of just a small amount of fishing villages. This was until 1662 when it colonised by the British as part of their expansion of the empire. As a result of this‚ Mumbai became a port used by Europeans due to it being the closest proximity to the subcontinent. This increase in activity led to a subsequent jump in the

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    Slumdog Millionaire Essay In the movie Slumdog Millionaire‚ the director Danny Boyle explores the role of destiny in the life of the main character Jamal Malik‚ and also shows the significance of his success in the poverty of a developing country such as India. Jamal is a kind‚ honest and generous person who always does good things for others and the audience is positioned to value his character. In the movie Jamal endures horrific events throughout the impoverished conditions of his childhood but

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    places of historical significance‚ Mumbai’s waterfronts‚ holiday homes‚ clubs and resorts‚ schools and institutes‚ corporate offices and call centers‚ large-scale housing and individual residences. `Sangharsh Nagar` - Slum Rehabilitation The project involves the rehabilitation of slum-dwellers evicted from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The rehabilitation site at Chandivali‚ measuring about 34 hectares‚ will constitute a comprehensive and all-inclusive new town. The town‚ with 18‚362 houses‚ includes

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    CLIMATE 4 CULTURE 4 CHRONIC RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS IN MUMBAI: 5 Gas Chembur: 5 South Bombay: 5 New Bombay: 5 Crowded city 6 Chemical related disasters in past 10 years. 6 MIGRANTS IN MUMBAI 6 THE SLUMS OF MUMBAI 7 History of Slums: 7 The Birth of Slums 7 Situation prevailing in slums 8 GLOBAL WARMING 10 Global warming in Mumbai. 10 NOISE POLLUTION 11 Sources of noise pollution 11 How to reduce the noise pollution 12 INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION 13 Case study of industrial pollution 14

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    Integrated Slums Development Programme (ISDP) Faisalabad CITY PROFILE and SELECTION OF WARDS March 2001 CITY PROFILE OF FAISALABAD 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF FAISALABAD Faisalabad previously known as Lyallpur was established between 1895 and 1905 as a mandi or market town as a part programme of colonization of the West Punjab. It was named after Sir James Lyall‚ the then Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab

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    arguments are the planners approach to redevelopment and revitalization‚ their way of viewing the city‚ their understanding of cities‚ and how they worked. In Chapter 22 of The Death and Life of Great American Cities‚ Jacobs refers back to the “slums” of North Boston (8). Previous to writing this book she had visited North Boston twenty years earlier. When she visited she noted the terrible living conditions‚ as well as physical conditions of the city (9). When she revisited in 1959‚ she came

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    cities look like “over blown villages without urban culture and urban functional characteristics.” Due to shortage of houses poor people are forced to live in slums or streets (Gimba and G.Kumshe‚ 2011)‚ as they cannot afford the rising prices in the houses. This case is clearly visible in the city of Mumbai‚ where 62% of population lives in slums due to acute housing shortage (B. Jain‚ 2010). To get rid of this problem‚ administration should make “Garden cities” around the big cities in order to accommodate

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    Slumdog. Jamal comes from a one of the poorest areas in India Mumbai. He has no education‚ no family and no means to support himself. His whole life he is categorized as a Slumdog because of his where he raised as a child. Coming from the Slums of Mumbai other Indians categorized Jamal as someone of no importance. As Jamal is being interrogated by the police inspector they wonder to themselves how can a Slumdog answer all those questions correctly. Jamal because of his social-economic

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