Open Defecation in India- Is it a Physical issue or a Cultural issue?

  My last series of the blogs were focused on one particular slum, the Pedda Jalaripeta Slum in Visakhapatnam, India. Continue reading →

Pedda Jalaripeta- Conclusion

I introduced the story of Pedda Jalaripeta to Favelissues readers in March of this year, over the past few months, Continue reading →

Social Resilience in a Slum- Part 2

Over the past few months, I have been sharing the story of Pedda Jalaripeta, a remote slum in Visakhapatnam. It Continue reading →

Social Resilience in a Slum- The Social Capital of Pedda Jalaripeta.

Contemporary research focuses on how the urban poor residents use their bonding capital to cope or adapt to disasters. For example Continue reading →

Spatial Resilience-Role of Public Space in a slum

In my previous post  I introduced, the Pedda Jalaripeta (PJ) Slum. In that post, I argued that the slum is Continue reading →