Mapping the urban poor: 12 reasons why you should conduct enumerations of your settlements | The Global Urbanist
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’COUNTER-MAPPING’ AND DATA: MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SLOGAN-CHANTING
“Counter-mapping” refers to the development of alternatives to official development plans. Plans may draw on concepts of “land sharing” or “in-situ” development, and are used to tangibly demonstrate that eviction of the urban poor is not a prerequisite for the development of an area.
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Following the seminal work of SPARC India’s We the invisible, its 1985 census of pavement dwellers in Mumbai, the concept has gained international recognition and is now widely practiced throughout the developing world. However, community maps and data are not ends in themselves, but they can form vital steps in the larger process of creating more inclusive cities. Here are 12 reasons why
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