03089nam a2200265   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000240007324500700009726000520016730000200021949000270023950001540026650200570042052018370047765000300231465000250234470000340236970000440240370000470244770000430249471001620253781000590269985600650275820260818171340.0250898         th                  eng    a.b104923551 aRaman, Bhuvaneswari10aPavement settlements in Madras (a case study of five settlements)  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1991  a95, 18, [27] p.1 aThesis ;vno. HS-91-30  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for  the award of the Degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology  aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991  aIn the cities of the developing nations, a new form of  residential settlements have emerged in recent years exhibiting  unique characteristics and features. Conventionally, these  settlements were considered to be inhabited by people in  "transition" and, or, "disorganised loners". To determine the  "habitat" characteristics of such residential areas, an  exploratory study was conducted in five pavement settlements in  Madras, an important metropolitan city in India.  It was deduced that the pavement dwelling was characterised  by determinable and unique, socio-economic aspiration, and a  large degree of dislocation from the primary and secondary social  groups. However, not all the dwellers share these  characteristics in equal measure. A study of their motivational  structure indicated that the four sub-categories in which the  decision to live was predominantly motivated aspiration,  dislocation, immediate situational or unique personal factors. To  each of these subgroup, living on the pavement, a different  meaning and significance was observable.  The public reaction to these settlements in general had been  negative, except in a few places where the perceived need for  cheap labour overrode such negative sentiments. So far,  Governmental intervention was limited to relocation schemes which  displace pavement dwellers to city outskirts. Such proposals  faced stiff resistance from the pavement dwellers.  The present study suggests that there is a need for  preventive and curative strategies to address this problem. The  curative strategies include the strenghening the position of the  dwellers in the labour market and improving their access to  formal housing. The preventive strategy calls for a two-tiered  urban planning in the Third World cities with a special emphasis  on the informal sector. 0aUrban poorxIndiaxMadras 0aSlumsxIndiaxMadras1 aSheng, Yap Kioe,eChairperson1 aArcher, Ray W., eExamination Committee1 aAmin, A.T.M. Nurul,eExamination Committee1 aQuader, M. A., eExamination Committee2 aThe Canadian International  Development Agency (CIDA)  Under AIT Canadian Universities  Consortium Partnership Project  (AIT - CUC - PP), eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. HS-91-30  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B17613