Contents CHAPTER 1- FORMULATING THE RESEARCH 11 1.1 Background 12 1.2 Need of Study/Rationale 13 1.3 Aim 14 1.4 Research Questions and Objectives 15 1.5 Scope 16 1.6 Limitations 17 1.7 Methodology 18 1.7.1 Research Method 18 1.7.2 Research Design. 19 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 21 2.1 Defining Slums 21 2.2 Defining relocation, resettlement and rehabilitation 24 2.3 Initiatives and Policy Intervention for Slums 25 2.3.1 UN Intervention for Slums 74 2.3.2 Worldwide Strategies for Slums 26 2.3.3 Slum Policies and Strategies in India Timeline 27 2.4 Slum Policies and Strategies in Madhya Pradesh, Provisions of Slum Relocation and Rehabilitation Scheme in Indore 30 2.5 Slum Redevelopment and Rehabilitation in Indore 35 2.6 Theoretical Framework 37 2.6.1 The impoverishment risks of resettlement. 37 2.6.2 Asset Vulnerability Framework 40 2.6.3 Quality of life based on the indicators 42 2.7 Final Indicators of Impoverishment Assessment of Urban Poor 49 CHAPTER 3 STUDY AREA AND DESCRIPTION 49 3.1 General Introduction of the City 50 3.1.1 Demography 51 3.1.2 Growth Trends 52 3.1.3 Housing 53 3.2 Slums and its Characteristics 54 3.3 Identified Target Group 57 3.4 Site Characteristics 57 3.5 Process followed in the Rehabilitation and relocation of slum dwellers. 60 CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS 61 4.1 Research Framework for Analysis 61 4.2 Increases in Distance to Work and Travel to Work Expenditure after Dispossession 61 4.3 Associated losses for displacees while Relocation and Rehabilitation 62 4.4 Monthly Expenditure on Services after Relocation and Rehabilitation 64 4.5 Number of Earning Member and Percentage Increase in Distance to Services 65 4.6 Perception of the Beneficiaries related to the Social Parameters 67 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 69 References 7