Globalization and the climate change issue have divided the world economy into two broad categories - namely 'green' and 'indigo' economies. The developed economies of the North, which are increasingly using cleaner technology to minimize pollution and are relocating dirty industries to less...

Delhi Master Plan 2021 introduced the "In-situ rehabilitation" approach to slum redevelopment, in which slum residents transit to temporary housing while the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) reconstructs the settlement, and then shifts the slum-dwellers back into improved housing. This paper...

Citizens can be resistant to environmental changes which may be disruptive to their ideology, affections, and rootedness to place. Changes may be even more disruptive if citizens perceive them to occur too rapidly. How communities assess these changes in their neighborhoods is linked to their...

The prevalence of slums in large cities has been a cause of concern for policy makers. People living in slums face deprivation on several fronts and slum themselves can be seen as dwelling arrangement which are inadequate and unfit for human habitation. Several attempts have been made through a...

With the rising levels of urban population and an increasing share of in-coming population, cities are facing the pressure of providing shelter and basic services to the people, particularly to those at the bottom of income level (MGI 2010). This has been giving rise to the formation of slums...

Launched in December 2005, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) is Government of India's (GOI) flagship program for urban development. The program consists of 2 submissions that cover 65 large 'mission' cities, and 2 schemes for smaller cities and towns. These are as...

Urban regeneration, which fundamental purposes are connected with sustainable city development, is the problem of the research. The necessity of city redevelopment is unquestionable, however, there are limited financial capabilities and several stakeholders in the process representing different...

Degradation of urban areas is a typical problem of many cities. The activities included in the process of regeneration are aimed at solving the problem in its social, economic and urban planning dimensions. The city is a cultural space of different values, an area of business life and a product...