Environmental upgrading and intra-urban migration in Calcutta

Approximately a third of the population of Calcutta live in slums and an estimated 43% live below the poverty level. This work examines the connections between three types of slums or low income settlements within the metropolitan area and investigates how recent attempts at improving one type, the...

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Main Author: Foster, Margaret
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13858/