In the name of the urban poor : access to basic amenities (Record no. 47273)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 8170363411
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.9540091732 KUN
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kundu, Amitabh
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Title In the name of the urban poor : access to basic amenities
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Sage Pub.
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1993
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 299 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book analyses the access of the urban poor to five basic amenities housing, water supply, sanitation, health care and the public distribution system.<br/><br/>Professor Kundu provides an overview of the existing organisational structure respon sible for the provision of these amenities and examines its sensitivity to the needs and aff ordability of the poor. He concludes that the system has not been designed to meet the minimum needs of the poor and is vulnera ble to manipulation by vested interests. Exa mining in detail the specific programmes and schemes launched by the government, Professor Kundu notes that the stipulations built into them to enable access by the poor are inadequate and superficial.<br/><br/>Using published data from the population censuses and the national sample survey, unpublished data from various government departments, and primary data from field surveys, this book also analyses spatial vari ations in the level of these amenities and their accessibility to the poor in relation to the level of economic development of the states.<br/><br/>The author concludes that the poor have been able to get only a small share of these amenities, the non-poor getting the larger share in per capita terms. Further, the poor have access to only the lower order amenities, while the better quality and higher order services are cornered by those in the middle and upper consumption brackets. Essential reading for those involved in town planning, housing and urban development, urban economics and development in general.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Basic needs-India
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