How does Covid-19 aggravate the multidimensional vulnerability of slums in India? A Commentary

Autor: Somenath Ghosh, Pallabi Seth, Harsha Tiwary
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Social Sciences and Humanities Open, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 100068- (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2590-2911
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100068
Popis: The abrupt-hit of Covid-19 pandemic has not only wrecked terrible damage in India’s public health but also plunged the country into a deep socio-economic crisis. The prevalence of pandemic in cities has unquestionably augmented chronic distress among the urban poor living in a slum. Thus the paper strives to examine the contributing physical, social and economic factors that multiply the vulnerability of the slum dwellers due to Covid-19. And it also critically analyses the measures designed by the State to enable the slum dwellers in coping against Covid-19.
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