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Water Security in Indian Slums

ENVS 220 Researchers: Janel Hull, Benjamin Small, Savannah Weinstock. Water Security in Indian Slums. Question : How does India’s rapid urbanization affect slum dwellers’ access to clean water as well as their understanding of water-borne illnesses?

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Water Security in Indian Slums

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  1. ENVS 220 Researchers: Janel Hull, Benjamin Small, Savannah Weinstock Water Security in Indian Slums Question:How does India’s rapid urbanization affect slum dwellers’ access to clean water as well as their understanding of water-borne illnesses? Hypothesis:Urbanization reduces slum dwellers’ access to, and education about the importance of, clean water initially, yet provides opportunities for infrastructure, educational advancement, and water technology4in the future. Research Goals:Determine awareness of water quality issues and assess effects of urbanization India. Methods: First Portion of Research: Gather quantitative data. Analyze India’s census data from 1990 to 2010 to understand general trends in slum dwellers’ education levels, urban migration, and prevalence of waterborne illnesses. Second Portion of Research: Employ a moderate participant observation technique3due to our obvious cultural, racial, and educational differences. Conduct informal interviews with slum residents. Conduct formal interviews with local leaders and NGO liaisons. Background: In the last decades, the total urban population in India’s 3 largest metropolitan areas has increased to nearly 400 million people. In 2011, India’s slum population was estimated to be 90 million. This rapid urbanization has brought unique challenges to those calling India’s cities home. Planning practices left over from Colonial times have created city structures characterized by unequal distribution of public services, especially access to clean water and sanitary waste disposal. Government agencies, as well as Non-Governmental Organizations, are working to provide access to clean water and sanitation for India’s slum dwellers through crisis intervention, infrastructure construction, and education on water quality standards and women’s issues1,2. 1Chaplin S.E. 2011. "Indian Cities, Sanitation and the State: The Politics of the Failure to Provide". Environment and Urbanization. 23 (1): 57-70. 2Jalan, J., and M. Ravallion. 2003. "Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?" Journal of Econometrics. 112 (1): 153-173. 3Atkinson, P., and M. Hammersley. 1994. “Ethnography and Participant Observation.” Handbook of Qualitative Research 1: 248–261. 4Carr, Carlin. 2012. “Solar-powered Water ATMs in India’s Slums.” Urb.im. http://urb.im/mm/120806so.

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