From Different Perspectives : A case study of a slum area in Bhubaneswar, India

Abstract: In From Different Perspectives - A Case Study of a Slum Area in Bhubaneswar, India we set out to investigate the residential effects of a very special phenomenon. In 2007/08 we entered the Urban Millennium when for the first time in history as many people lived in cities as on the countryside. This massive urbanisation has many consequences and one of the greatest issues to handle for planners is where all these immigrants are to reside. The response in many cities comes in the shape of informal settlements/ slums/squatter settlements wherever there is vacant space. Our aim with this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of the difficulties and possibilities with slums and slum upgrading in both theory and practice, originating from a case study, and to answer the questions of what a slum is and how its physical conditions can be improved.