Mapping Urban Poverty for Local Governance in an Indian Mega-City: The Case of Delhi

Isa Baud, N. Sridharan and Karin Pfeffer
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Isa Baud: The University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, i.s.a.baud@uva.nl
N. Sridharan: School of Planning and Architecture, 4-B Indraprashtra Estate, New Delhi, 11 00 02, India, dr.nsridharan@gmail.com
Karin Pfeffer: The University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, k.pfeffer@uva.nl

Urban Studies, 2008, vol. 45, issue 7, 1385-1412

Abstract: The article maps urban poverty, using the `livelihoods assets framework' to develop a new index of multiple deprivation, examining the implications for area and sector targeting by policy-makers. This article deals with the index and the results for Delhi. The study maps: the spatial concentration of poverty; the diversity of deprivation at ward level; whether poverty is concentrated in slums; and correlations between voting patterns and poverty levels. The index uses census data disaggregated to electoral-ward level for multicriteria analysis, through GIS. Results show that hotspots of poverty are diverse in character, but are not concentrated in slum areas, with strong implications for policy-making and poverty studies methodology. These results suggest that the new index allows better insight into poverty with better targeting possibilities for policy-makers.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098008090679

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