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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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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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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Dream is the idea that many in the United States of America that had work‚ courage and determination one can achieve prosperity. These were values held by European settlers‚ and have been passed on through generations. The play is set in a red hook‚ slum area on the side of Brooklyn Bridge. The family’s life is turned upside down when two Italian immigrants‚ Marco and Rodolpho‚ enter their household. Before the Italians arrive there are many passages to highlight the presence of the American dream
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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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the space of the roof for sack gardening which provide vegetables for free for its members. * Customer segments: Cojico’s important customers are people who live in urban slums. They are the ones for whom Cojico is creating value. * Description of a working model: Each community kitchen after its setting in the slum will be shared by twenty five women. Based on a rotation schedule‚ ten out of the twenty five women will be charged of preparing food for the remaining fifteen families for a
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cities‚ so poor housing conditions‚ such as squatter settlements and shanty towns are unavoidable. Such poorly constructive and unplanned shacks are usually lack of running water‚ electricity and sewage systems. Additional‚ people who live in the slums cannot afford to good quality education‚ healthcare and social services. To solve the housing problems‚ one way is to improve the infrastructure and boost the employment opportunities in rural areas to inspire people to move back to countryside. Another
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