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082			_a307.76 Pov
245		0	_aPoverty in metropolitan cities / edited by S.Manzoor Alam and Fatima Alikhan
245		0	_nC.1
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bConcept
260			_c1987
300			_a233p.
520			_aThe problems of the urban poor are seen in their most acute forms In the metropolitan. cities of India. Here the urban poor, consisting mainly of recent migrants from rural areas, live in squatter settlements, often devoid of the basic necessities of life. They also form that section of the community most vulnerable to the socio economlc or environmental hazards which are generated by the processes of . growth or development, This volume brings together papers by leading Indian scholars on the social, economic, political and spatial dimensions o.f urban poverty. The papers also examine the policy measures adopted by the respective governments to ameliorate the conditions of the urban poor through legislative enactments, executive actions or Institutional arranqernents, This' book provides an insight into the problems of urban poverty which are concentrated in metropolitan cities of India and also furnishes basic reading material to scholars and policy makers interested in these problems.
650			_aPoverty
942			_cB _2ddc