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<p>The literature on the concentration of urban poverty has considered two kinds of locations as the pockets of poverty: slums (vs. non-slums) and towns (vs. cities). Moving beyond these binaries in discussing spatial concentration of urban poverty, we have made an intersection of these two kinds of residential locations in the post-reform India using four rounds of data from the National Sample Survey. The proportion of relatively poor households was lower in city slum areas than in towns (both slum and non-slum households). Next, this paper tries to find out the level of basic services availability across these intersectional spatial categories and how public policies respond to existing poverty. Availability of basic services was higher in city slums than in town non-slum households. Across all these urban areas, the poor had a lower access to services than the non-poor, and the gap between them had increased over time. These findings also pose serious concerns on the geographical targeting of poverty alleviation programmes in India and on iniquitous resources allocations for providing basic amenities</p>
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The literature on the concentration of urban poverty has considered two kinds of locations as the pockets of poverty: slums (vs. non-slums) and towns (vs. cities). Moving beyond these binaries in discussing spatial concentration of urban poverty, we have made an intersection of these two kinds of residential locations in the post-reform India using four rounds of data from the National Sample Survey. The proportion of relatively poor households was lower in city slum areas than in towns (both slum and non-slum households). Next, this paper tries to find out the level of basic services availability across these intersectional spatial categories and how public policies respond to existing poverty. Availability of basic services was higher in city slums than in town non-slum households. Across all these urban areas, the poor had a lower access to services than the non-poor, and the gap between them had increased over time. These findings also pose serious concerns on the geographical targeting of poverty alleviation programmes in India and on iniquitous resources allocations for providing basic amenities

Has the geography of deprivation changed in post-reform urban India? A Look into relative poverty and access to basic services

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The literature on the concentration of urban poverty has considered two kinds of locations as the pockets of poverty: slums (vs. non-slums) and towns (vs....

Has the geography of deprivation changed in post-reform urban India? A Look into relative poverty and access to basic services

Published Online: Jun 15, 2023

Page range: 1 - 19

Received: Apr 09, 2022

Accepted: Feb 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2023-0001

Keywords
Concentrations of poverty, Urban poverty, Slum and non-slum, City and town, Basic services, Geographical targeting of poverty

© 2023 Dibyendu Biswas, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Has the geography of deprivation changed in post-reform urban India? A Look into relative poverty and access to basic services

Published Online: Jun 15, 2023

Page range: 1 - 19

Received: Apr 09, 2022

Accepted: Feb 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2023-0001

KeywordsConcentrations of poverty, Urban poverty, Slum and non-slum, City and town, Basic services, Geographical targeting of poverty

© 2023 Dibyendu Biswas, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Concentrations of poverty, Urban poverty, Slum and non-slum, City and town, Basic services, Geographical targeting of poverty