Prachi Prabhakar Wade MA International Planning and Sustainable Development

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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.