• Dr. Raghukumar N

It is estimated that by 2050, 40.6 % of the country’s population will be living in urban areas (UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects). More than one-third of urban population in India lives in cities (i.e., settlements with population of more than 1,00,000) The number of such cities has increased from 1 in 1901 to 356 in 2001 and continues to rise (2001 census, Registrar General of India). The rapid growth of cities has widened the gap between the demand and supply of essential services and infrastructure, forcing people to live in crowded slums in unsanitary conditions, exposing themselves to pollution and natural calamities. According to Pranob Sen, Principal Advisor to the Planning Commission that the urban slum population in India, Asia’s fourth largest economy and the world’s second fastest growing one, is nearly one billion.

World Urbanization Prospects, urban slums, slum inhabitants, financial capital, urbanization factor, poor slum dwellers

"URBAN SLUM DWELLERS – A STUDY IN BANGALORE CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.b298-b302, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403135.pdf

"URBAN SLUM DWELLERS – A STUDY IN BANGALORE CITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. ppb298-b302, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403135.pdf