ESD Learning Alliance

Overview

The Mumbai Learning Alliance was established in 2005 by Caren Levy and Eleni Kyrou for the DPU MSc in Urban Development Planning and Pascale Hofmann and Adriana Allen for the MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development in collaboration with SPARC, Mahila Milan and the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) in India to research resettlement and rehabilitation strategies and plans, working with pavement, railway and slum dwellers across Metropolitan Mumbai.

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Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project: Relocation and Rehabilitation of Project Affected People

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Ghettoization, Negatively Impacted Livelihoods, and Service and Maintenance Shortfalls: Following Upon the Relocation and Rehabilitation of Railway Slum Dwellers Under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project

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From Security of Tenure to Sustainable Livelihoods: An Integrated Approach to the Relocation of Pavement Dwellers From Byculla to Milan Nagar and Beyond

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Transformation or ghettoization? The tale of two sites of relocation for pavement dwellers in Mumbai

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Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project: Relocation and Rehabilitation of Project Affected People

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On the Right Track to Transformation: Relocation and Rehabilitation of Railway Slum Dwellers under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)

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Resettlement of Pavement Dwellers in Mumbai: Prospects for Transformation?

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The Case of Railways Slum Dwellers: Addressing the Costs & Opportunities in the Transformation of the Living Conditions of the Poor

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Adressing the Transformation of Sanitation Provision to the Urban Poor, Mumbai.

The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU)

The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) conducts world-leading research and postgraduate teaching that helps to build the capacity of national governments, local authorities, NGOs, aid agencies and businesses working towards socially just and sustainable development in the global south.

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Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC)

Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC)is one of the larger NGOs in India focused on facilitating the creation of voice of the urban poor in the development of the city.

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Mahila Milan

Mahila Milan- “Women Together" in Hindi—is a decentralised network of poor women's collectives that manage credit and savings activities in their communities. Mahila Milan aims to provide a space for women to take on important decision-making roles and be recognised for their contributions towards improving their communities.

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The National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF)

The National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF)was founded in the mid 1970s as a national organisation of community groups and leaders who live in slums and informal settlements across India. NSDF mobilises the urban poor to come together, articulate their concerns and find solutions to the problems they face.

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