How does Covid-19 affect urban slums? Evidence from settlement leaders in India.

ABSTRACT: Slum settlements have received significant attention for their vulnerabilities to the spread of Covid-19. To mitigate risks of transmission, and alleviate economic distress associated with containment measures, public health experts and international agencies are calling for community-driven solutions that harness local participation. In slum settlements, such approaches will encounter the informal slum leaders present across cities of the Global South. How are slum leaders positioned to address the health and livelihood threats of the pandemic within their neighborhoods? What problem-solving activities, if any, have they performed for residents during the pandemic? What factors shape success in those efforts? To answer these questions, we conducted a phone survey of 321 slum leaders acros

SUBMITTER: Auerbach AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8457827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature