SOCIO - ECONOMIC AND OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL OF SLUMS – A CASE STUDY OF RAHUL NAGAR IN MALEGAON
Keywords:
Land use, ecology, socio -economic, occupation, Muslim slum-dwellers, MalegaonAbstract
An attempt has been made here to focus upon the land use and ecological imbalance, socio -economic and Occupational level as well as to analyze the problem of the slum dwellers and suggest the redevelopment plan for their development. Author has selected slum of Malegaon city in Nasik district. The city has 129 slums (32 declared and 97 non-declared) with 25336 huts (10514 +14822) with 159953 (74531 + 85422) population accounting 35 % of total population of Malegaon city. One slum namely ‘Rahul nagar (kallu-Kutti),’of ward number 21 was selected for indepth study. The questionnaire was administrated to every family and identified the land use and ecological imbalance, socio-economic problems and suggested manifold measures to solve these problems to the slum ‘Rahul nagar’ in Malegaon city.
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