Slum mapping

peter_j

An organisation of architects in India has carried out a details needs analysis in Pune, where around 50% of the population live in substandard housing.

We have used poverty mapping to better understand the slums of Pune.

We carried out door-to-door interviews to collect data. We have the definitive facts and figures and so people have to sit up and take notice. We present this to local government.

When we did the slum census, we trained hundreds of slum dwellers to go out there and gather data from different slums. Unless the poor were made central to any process, nothing would succeed.

After data is gathered, we hand it back to them and tell them to prioritise their needs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4338144.stm found at http://www.archizine.com/

They see there work as a 'drop in the ocean' but it has had an effect, with many of the residents now feeling that the word "slum dweller", with all its baggage, is not appropriate to describe their improved circumstances.

Anonymous

Got the link to this website from http://archnet.com/forum/

Housing, facilities in Slums in Pune, .. rather....... facilities for slums in most Indian urban areas are slowly being noticed by authorities as a genuine requirement to be fulfilled.

However a point to be noted is tat slums mainly consist of persons from neighbouring rural areas.. This has a lot to do with lack of development of the rural areas in our country. Most of the people coming in search of jobs actually have larger pieces of lands & more environment friendly atmosphere `back' in the villages they come from. This is the core issue.