The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application

Ángeles, Gustavo; Lance, Peter; Barden-O’Fallon, Janine; Islam, Nazrul; Mahbub, A. Q. M.; Nazem, Nurul Islam

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“…While most bustees (62.5 percent) are small, larger cities have fewer and much larger settlements (Angeles et al 2009). Three percent of bustees in Dhaka account for over half of the city's total bustee population, while almost two-thirds of settlements hold only 10 percent of the bustee population (Angeles et al 2009).…”

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“…Three percent of bustees in Dhaka account for over half of the city's total bustee population, while almost two-thirds of settlements hold only 10 percent of the bustee population (Angeles et al 2009). The proliferation and expansion of bustees is often attributed to rural-to-7 CBN methods used a fixed food bundle, consisting of 11 key items, to set poverty lines across Bangladesh's 15 geographic areas.…”

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“…8 Low-income settlements are not recognised in local and national planning and zoning arrangements, nor given addresses or other forms of formal recognition that have been used as the basis for statistical inclusion in Bangladesh. This has led to the lack of sampling frames of low-income settlements necessary to conduct representative research across bustee settlements (Angeles et al 2009;Rahman 2011b). Furthermore, researchers may shy away from research into urban poverty, with the mobility and anonymity of low-income urban residents posing a potential threat to economists and quantitative analysts trying to advance their careers through the problem of sample attrition .…”

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“…Furthermore, researchers may shy away from research into urban poverty, with the mobility and anonymity of low-income urban residents posing a potential threat to economists and quantitative analysts trying to advance their careers through the problem of sample attrition . Angeles et al 2009 the urban poor in Bangladesh. The following sections break down the many dimensions of urban poverty in terms of employment, living environments, health, and social exclusion.…”

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Urban Poverty in Bangladesh: Causes, Consequences and Coping Strategies

Banks

2012

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BWPI Working Paper 178Creating and sharing knowledge to help end poverty www.manchester.ac.uk/ overty in Bangladesh: causes, strategies 8Creating and sharing knowledge to help end poverty www.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi 2 AbstractBustees are places where physical, social, economic and political vulnerabilities collide, creating a multi-layered blanket of vulnerability for their residents. Although income is central to day-to-day survival in an urban environment in which cash income is needed to meet a household's basic needs, work options are limited to low-paid and irregular work, primarily dependent on physical labour. This forces households to rely upon loans and labour mobilisation strategies to get by. Unsanitary, poorly serviced, and densely populated environmentsfrequently situated in environmentally hazardous areas -mean ill health is both endemic and chronic, playing a routine and devastating role in the lives of the urban poor. The repercussions of resource scarcity at the household level are compounded by the social and political exclusion of the poor from urban governance structures and processes. Amidst a lack of formal institutional support, and in the absence of formal rights and entitlements, the process of facilitating and maintaining patron-client relationships is a central coping strategy for the urban poor. It is a means of trying to manage uncertainty and improve their access to resources. For the majority, however, these strategies are limited to helping households to cope, rather than advancing their interests. Informal systems of governance at the bustee level reproduce and exacerbate existing inequalities, with access to power, information, resources, employment and other lucrative income-generating opportunities limited to a close circle of wellconnected bustee households.

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2012

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“…Therefore, slums as well as rental dwellings can be perceived to be representative of housing poverty and inequality. Slums have been widely discussed among researchers and policy-makers (Angeles et al 2009;Dupont 2008; Habitat 2003a, b;Mathur 2009). Recently, a serious attempt has been made through the ambitious program Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to make India slumfree within five years (MHUPA 2011).…”

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Housing Poverty and Inequality in Urban India

Ahmad

2015

Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia

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Inequitable distribution of resources, including physical capital such as housing, poses a threat to sustainable development. Employing a case of housing in urban India, focusing on renter and slum dwellers, this study documents housing inequality and poverty, examines whether and why there is a gap in living standards (measured by dwelling size), and estimates the demand for housing. The study uses decomposition analysis to identify causes of inequality and estimates demand for housing among owner, renter and slum dwellers, employing a national representative microdata over a survey of 50,000 households. The results revealed that the average floor area consumption in renter/slum households is about twothird of the owner households, ceteris paribus. The reason for poor quality of renter/slum dwellings is not limited to differences in endowment levels, but also includes different 'rates of return' to these endowments. In order to enhance housing consumption in renter/slum dwellers, in addition to income improvement strategies, there needs to be a focus on skills upgradation and provision of a stable employment base. Moreover, renters/slums dwellers are concentrated in million plus cities and in the western and eastern regions of the country. Therefore, specific housing programs should be designed to target these regions.Keywords Living standard · Housing · Poverty · Inequality · Renter · Slum · India S. Ahmad Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Uitned Nations University, Tokyo, Japan S. Ahmad Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan S. Ahmad (*) Laboratory for Integrated Research and Action for Human Settlements (LabSet), D92, Second Floor, Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar, 110025 New Delhi, India e-mail: architectsohail@gmail.com 108 S. Ahmad IntroductionIndia has the second largest urban population in the world (after the PRC) with 377 million people (Census of India 2011b). Urban India is characterized by severe housing poverty as well as inequality, with about 24 million housing shortages in 2007 (NBO 2007) and about 93 million slum dwellers spread unevenly in 49,000 slums across the country (NBO 2010). 1 Moreover, one-third of urban dwellers live in rental accommodations, which are poorly equipped. For instance, renter households have lower living standards than the owner households and are almost comparable to slums on certain indicators. Therefore, slums as well as rental dwellings can be perceived to be representative of housing poverty and inequality. Slums have been widely discussed among researchers and policy-makers (Angeles et al. 2009;Dupont 2008; Habitat 2003a, b;Mathur 2009). Recently, a serious attempt has been made through the ambitious program Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to make India slumfree within five years (MHUPA 2011). In contrast, there are few studies dealing with issues of rental dwellings, despite their significance for the urban poor in developing economies (Habitat 2003a, b). The few studies that have dealt with rental dwellings have focused on the low-in...

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The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application

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Urban Poverty in Bangladesh: Causes, Consequences and Coping Strategies

Urban Poverty in Bangladesh: Causes, Consequences and Coping Strategies

Housing Poverty and Inequality in Urban India

From the Underwater to City Slums

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