Divided infrastructure: legal exclusion and water inequality in an urban slum in Mumbai, India.

ABSTRACT: Inadequate water access is central to the experience of urban inequality across low- and middle-income countries and leads to adverse health and social outcomes. Previous literature on water inequality in Mumbai, India's second largest city, offers diverse explanations for water disparities between and within slums.⁽¹⁾ This study provides new insights on water disparities in Mumbai's slums by evaluating the influence of legal status on water access. We analyzed data from 593 households in Mandala, a slum with legally recognized (notified) and unrecognized (non-notified) neighborhoods. Relative to households in a notified neighborhood, households in a non-notified neighborhood suffered disadvantages in water infrastructure, accessibility, reliability, and spending. Non-notified h

SUBMITTER: Lubeck-Schricker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10237587 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature