A Rights based approach to Slum Rehabilitation and Housing

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2005 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning grade: A+ course: M.Phil in Planning and Development language: English abstract: This study attempts to understand how the Slum Rehabilitation Programme (SRP) of the government of Maharashtra is implemented usingt here sources of various organizations like civil society bodies and market players. The SRP is an indigenous policy innovation to meet the housing needs of the slum dwellers of Mumbai (comprising apopulation of 6 million) and is an improved version of earlier policies. The study seeks to compare the implementation of the Programme by two different organizations (who are designated as developers by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority) namely a private construction company and a non government organization (NGO) in two slum sites namely Saiwadi in Andheri East and Bharat Janta in Dharavi.