Prachi Prabhakar Wade

Upgrading the Living Conditions of People in Dharavi Slum, Mumbai

The challenges associated with ‘informal settlements’ (slums) are global. Intervention in slums needs to be an upgrading rather than a redevelopment. This dissertation studies one of the largest informal communities in the world, Dharavi in Mumbai, home to a million people and over 525 acres in size.

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