CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Mittal, Neha |
|---|---|
| Title | Water:Struggle for equal share A Case study of urban poor in Delhi |
| Summary | Recent study suggests that inadequate access to water among the urban poor is mainly due to socio-economic segmentation. Despite their willingness to pay and participate for the improvement of supply services, access to water is everyday struggle for them due to social exclusion. Community based discussion was carried out to reach the maximum number of people in two different types of urban poor settlements in south Delhi. It was examined that socio-economic exclusion is linked with insecurity of land tenures, enormous user charges and incapability of the urban poor to participate in decision making. Lack and inadequacy of public water supply in these illegal settlements has led to the emergence of unregulated water privatization. Private borehole owners supply untreated groundwater at huge cost to the city dwellers and the urban poor population. Mismanagement of available water resource and lack of involvement of all the sectors in decision making is also responsible for the depletion of groundwater to significant depth especially in south Delhi. |
| Supervisor | Steger, Tamara; S. Vashishtha, Prem |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/mittal_neha.pdf |
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