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Slums in India: making sense of place in urban planning

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Cities are the growth engine of national wealth and income production; however large number of city dwellers circumvents from the mainstream, are snubbed dwellers called slum population. Existence of slums in the urban units is a challenging issue in urban planning. India experiences a very sharp growth rate of slum population over the decades. Present work focuses on a conundrum of uninterrupted slum growth in spite of the implementation of many slum removal policies in India. The state-level household amenity status reflects a quite debatable agenda as to whether or not slum up-gradation policies are succeeded and works as a significant planning tool. The up-gradation of individual slum unit through the bottom-up approach of plan may act as effective action. This work finally directs a comprehensive planning tool for slum up-gradation as well as overall urban development, by placing the slum issues in urban planning practice.

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The authors would like thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive suggestions which helped to shape the manuscript its present form. Authors would also like to acknowledge the friendly behaviour of the Editor of GeoJournal during the process of revision of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Geography, PRMS Mahavidyalaya, Bankura, India

    Jaidul Islam

  2. Department of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, India

    Md. Julfikar Ali

  3. Department of Geography, Haldia Government College, Haldia, India

    Sk Mithun

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Islam, J., Ali, M.J. & Mithun, S. Slums in India: making sense of place in urban planning. GeoJournal 87, 1913–1928 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10357-3

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