Livelihoods and Health Status of Urban Slums : A Case Study on Allahabad City, India

Abstract

Slums are those shanty settlements, which are located on hazardous, fragile, and polluted lands that no one wants to use. The economic condition of the people, who live there, does not allow them to spend a healthy life. Slum facilities are venJ much unsatisfactonJ for them due to lack of proper water supply and sanitation condition. They have to live in such an adverse condition that they face many health problems. The main purpose of this study was to find out the effect of livelihood on health status of urban slums of Allahabad City. Data were collected from 20 slum spots by survey method. A well structure interview schedule was designed to collect information from the field . Respondents were selected by random sampling method. Researchers found that people living in urban slums had poor living conditions. Owing to unhygienic condition, health status of slum dwellers was also very unsatisfactory. The researchers also identified vulnerable areas/ critical zones in their spatial perspective.