Cities as a Legal Arena

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A lot of our work has been looking at questions of urban livelihoods, shelter and questions, with respect to the urban poor. This section contains a range of our work and materials that we have been collecting on the idea of cities as legal arenas.

IMPLICATIONS OF THE 73rd AND 74th AMENDMENTS FOR PLANNING: This paper seeks to look at the emergence of the new forms of para statal planning in Bangalore, and examines the implications that it may have on decentralization.
URBAN SPRAWL AND DECENTRALISATION: An article examining planning and the urban sprawl of bangalore
Mumbai to Shanghai without Slums: This folder contains various documents generated during the slum demolition drive in Mumbai between December 2004 to May 2005
SINGAPORE HAS NO SHADOWS!: A critical examination of the Comprehensive Development Plan 2005 for Bangalore
Fact Finding Report into Slum Schemes in Karnataka: As part of the Joint Action Committee for slums, ALF conducted a fact finding study on the implementation of government schemes in slums across Karnataka
Slums Under Fire - a fact finding report on the slum fires in Bangalore: In the first two weeks of February, we have borne witness to numerous reports in the press regarding fires in various slums of Bangalore. The scary frequency of these slum fires motivated various human rights groups to conduct a fact finding mission into the circumstances surrounding the fires, damage caused, their impacts and the response of the State machinery. From 20th to 22nd February this team visited the burnt slums of Jai Bheem Nagar, Vinayaka Badawane and J.D. Mara and also met with / spoke to the various concerned government officials and the elected representatives. This is the report of this fact finding mission