Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter

<p class="Default">The paper aims to identify the nature of poverty of squatter of Kathmandu valley in the context of exploring urban poverty. It has conceptualized poverty, urbanization, slum, and squatter. It has explored the social, economic and political background of squatter pe...

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Main Author: Bala Ram Acharya
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Language:English
Published: Tribhuvan University 2011-04-01
Series:Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
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description <p class="Default">The paper aims to identify the nature of poverty of squatter of Kathmandu valley in the context of exploring urban poverty. It has conceptualized poverty, urbanization, slum, and squatter. It has explored the social, economic and political background of squatter people. This paper also explores the nature of access of squatter people to basic requirements. It has discussed that squatter is a social formation formed by rural-urban migration of poor people to search options of livelihood.</p> <p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong>: Poor; slum area; migration; urbanization; livelihood</p> <p>DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v4i0.4519</p> <p><em>Dhaulagiri</em><em> Journal of Sociology and Anthropology </em>Vol.4 2010 pp.179-192</p>
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Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter
Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
Poor
slum area
migration
urbanization
livelihood
title Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter
title_full Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter
title_fullStr Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter
title_full_unstemmed Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter
title_short Urban Poverty: A Sociological Study of Shankhamul Squatter
title_sort urban poverty a sociological study of shankhamul squatter
topic Poor
slum area
migration
urbanization
livelihood
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