Strategic Slum Upgrading and Redevelopment Action Plan for Jammu City

Majid Farooq, Fayma Mushtaq, Gowhar Meraj, Suraj Kumar Singh, Shruti Kanga, Ankita Gupta, Pankaj Kumar, Deepak Singh and Ram Avtar ()
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Majid Farooq: Department of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar 190018, India
Fayma Mushtaq: Department of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar 190018, India
Gowhar Meraj: Department of Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar 190018, India
Suraj Kumar Singh: Centre for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India
Shruti Kanga: Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India
Ankita Gupta: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
Pankaj Kumar: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama 240-0115, Japan
Deepak Singh: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Motoyama 457-4, Kamigamo, Kitaku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan
Ram Avtar: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan

Resources, 2022, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-29

Abstract: Rapid urbanization has led to the emergence of slums in many developing and industrialized nations. It degrades the quality of life and burdens the urban amenities resulting in uneven distribution of slums. The majority of people in the developing world live in squatter settlements and these random gatherings disrupt the economic and social developmental plans of the concerned country. No suitable planning framework has been created for replicability on a considerable scale, despite the fact that slum upgrading is acquiring worldwide importance as a political issue. In recent years Jammu City has witnessed high population growth rates resulting in an uneven provision of urban amenities and a surge in slum areas. This paper focuses on a method-based approach using Management Information System (MIS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for upgrading slums and recommends a planning outline using the approach formulated by the Government of India under the scheme named “Rajiv Awas Yojna” (RAY). The aim of this study is to assess the status of slums, propose redevelopment plans, and highlight the roles of different planning agencies to accomplish the redevelopment goals. The study concludes by postulating several recommendations for upgrading slums and formulating a framework that can be used in other similar areas for development.

Keywords: GIS; informal settlement; redevelopment; upgrading; matrix; MIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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