Squatters as Developers? : Slum Redevelopment in Mumbai

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Currency Exchange Rates -- Dedication -- 1 Introduction: A New Strategy in Mumbai -- The Puzzles of Slum Redevelopment -- Placing the Research in the Context of the Literature -- Self-help and Enabling the Communities -- Slum Upgrading Programs -- Enabling the Markets -- A Preview of the Arguments -- The Logic of Redevelopment -- Property Rights, Property Values and Property Attributes -- The Paradox of Enabling -- Study Methodology -- The Dense Data Case Study Approach -- A Single Case, Informed by Other Cases -- Data Sources -- Fieldwork -- Limitations of the Study -- The Structure of the Book -- 2 The Evolution of the Slum Redevelopment Strategy -- Introduction -- The Mumbai Context -- The Evolution of Mumbai' s Redevelopment Strategy -- Urban Politics -- Property Values and Land Differentials -- Regulating the Development Potential of Land 3 -- The Need for Regulation -- 3 Decentralized Conflict -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Dharavi Redevelopment Plan: Contested Intentions -- Prime Minister's Grant Project (PMGP) -- Redevelopment Plan for Dharavi -- SPARC's Census and Alternative Proposal -- PMGP and SPARC: The Battle over Markandeya -- Government's Response to SP ARC's Plan -- Compromise but Further Conflict -- Conflicts over Project Finance -- Local NGO, Global Connections -- Conflicts between SPARC and the Private Contractor -- The Informal Cross-subsidy Scheme -- Reluctance to Mortgage Land -- Irregularities in the Sale of Extra Units -- Taking Advantage of the Development Potential of Land -- More Policy Changes, More Profit -- Uncivil Society: Distrust between SPARC and the Community -- Suspicion of the Managing Committee -- Ten Years for New Houses.