knowledge‚ describe the typical conditions in a developing city slum‚ and explain why slums form (10). Level 1 (1 – 4 marks) Little structure. Describes some living conditions with limited detail. Little explanation as to why slums form. Geographical terminology rarely used. There are frequent written language errors. Level 2 (5 – 7 marks) Some structure. Describes living conditions with some detail. Explains why slums form. Some geographical terminology used. Lower end descriptive
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only at the magic show but while walking down Chowringhee. We dare not see what is really going on.” -Lee Siegel‚ Net of Magic (p. 426) | Table of Contents Introduction 3 The Magicians’ Ghetto 5 Moving Slums: Urban Renewal or Urban Removal? 7 Memories of Urban Removal: Moving Slums as Spatial Morphology 12 Magical Urbanism and Urban Metis 14 Conclusion 16 References 17 introduction Figure [ 1 ]: location of kathputli colony Kathputli Colony is located very close to Shadipur
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internationally integrated with the rest of world‚ otherwise known as globalization. This is not the case‚ however; as seen in Katherine Boo’s novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life‚ Death‚ and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. This novel is set in a slum right next to the Mumbai International Airport called Annawadi. It focuses mainly on the life and story of the stories main character. Abdul Husein and his family make a living by selling scrap metal tossed out by the upper class of Mumbai. When looking
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example‚ The National Family Health Survey - 35 (2005-06) and other sources show: The urban poor have an infant mortality rate of 54.6 in comparison to 35.5 of urban nonpoor and 41.7 of urban average. Despite proximity to specialty hospitals‚ 56% of slum children are born at home without skilled birth attendants‚ increasing the risk of neonatal and maternal mortality. Only 40% of urban poor children received all recommended vaccinations‚ comparable
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part vii THE HIGH-RISE AND THE SLUM: SPECULATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MUMBAI 0001312817.INDD 787 7/7/2011 5:54:24 PM 0001312817.INDD 788 7/7/2011 5:54:24 PM THE HIGH-RISE AND THE SLUM: SPECULATIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MUMBAI matias echanove and rahul srivastava Introduction There seems to be a prevailing perception that apart from its southernmost colonial quarters‚ Mumbai is essentially a schizophrenic urbanscape where emergent islands of modernity are surrounded
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by the Organisers of the Seminar that in the present lecture which has a duration of about 1 hr. 15 minutes (out of which 20 minutes are set apart for question / answer session) I should deal with a wide range of subjects like‚ MOFA‚ TDR‚ ULCR‚ SLUM REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME‚ STAMP DUTY‚ PROPERTY TAX etc INCLUDING CURRENT ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN RELATION TO THE SAME. Due to constrain of time I shall attempt to give only a bird’s eye view of the above topics and in the process deal with some
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prospect of work and this is not always possible. The situation that then occurs it that you have a lot of people moved to the city without any work or housing; so‚ they simply build their own cheap homes on the side of the main city called a slum. These slums can prevent easy excess in and out of the city; but‚ not only this because way that the houses are built there
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Describe the challenges of living in mega cities and evaluate the responses to these challenges A Mega City is defined as a city home to more than 8 million people‚ the urban sprawl of these cities is continuing to dominate the landscapes of these major cities. These cities have been unable to cope with the rapid increase of people moving to these urban areas‚ in some mega cities this is up to 1 million people per day‚ leading to a lack of supplies and services‚ becoming a major characteristic
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SRINAGAR - The City Of Mess ****** The Srinagar city—located at 34º0´-34º20´N latitude and 74º40´-75º05´E longitude is 5‚200 feet above mean sea level. The city is located in the heart of the Kashmir Valley on both banks of the River Jhelum. Srinagar being the summer capital of the State is the fastest growing metropolis in Jammu and Kashmir. It is the largest urban settlement in the state‚ having Index of Primacy of 9.95 for two city index and 5.56 at the regional level. Srinagar city has become
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back to back slum houses that were present there in the 1800s. Diseases such as cholera were easily spread due to such dense housing. The housing was closely packed and was unsanitary which consequently lead to disease and poor quality of life for people; thus demonstrating inner city decline.. A consequence of the unsanitary‚ poor conditions was regeneration. This occurred after the Slum Clearance Act of 1930‚ which gave the local authorities the ability to improve housing. Due to the Slum Clearance
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