Title – Project Report on Dharavi
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
Redevelopment
in a region carries with it many influences on the local community of the
region. The community of the region is the element that is affected by the
consequences of the redevelopment regardless of whether they are positive or
negative. Hence, every redevelopment plans should consider the local community
as the one of the most critical element and should further makes them an active
member.
Te
local community participation and making them the centre stage of the changes
that are going to take place should be the core strategy of the redevelopers.
Any
redevelopment performed without keeping local community in perspective can
result in discontentment among the community, create feelings of distrust
towards the developers, can create acts of clashes within the community or with
the government and can even alter community value structures. For instance, if
highly modernized redevelopment takes place suddenly across a culturally rich
community then it is bound to affect the individuals of the community and
especially the youngsters creating imbalance.
The
present research aims to study the influences of redevelopment on the community
residing in the slums of Dharavi, the largest slum area in the world.
A
key aspiration of the study is to analyse the various facets of the community
and conduct an in-depth analysis of theoretical framework of community. Further
the theoretical underpinning is then compared with the primary study conducted.
The primary study comprises of in depth interviews conducted with residents of
Dharavi. Based on the study, conclusion are framed on the how the redevelopment
plans will influence the local community in the region. Further recommendations
are provided on how the redevelopment plans can be made more community based and
participatory.
Section 1: A review of Community
definitions and Various facets of
Community
Section 1 of this dissertation will explore the
different ways in which community is defined by academics as well as through
policy and politics. This includes the key features of a community; what it
generally consists of and the different interpretations of community by
different elements or stakeholders, especially the people that make up the
community. Further, the introduction will also reflect on the implications of
these concepts and features of community in the context of the redevelopment
plans in Dharavi.
1.1.
Community in General
The
term “community” comes from the ancient latin term “communitas” which actually
means comrade or well structured society (Messing,2009). In Communities,
purpose, faith, resources, choices and hazards are some of the influencing
variables that are common and they impact upon the behaviour and identity of
the participants of the community and their mutual bonding.
In
today’s times, an ideal definition of community would include mutual ethics,
shared individual care among fellows, and concern for one another (Peck, 1987).
This idea strengthens the 'communitarian' idea of social equality, wherein
nationality essentially involves shared responsibilities deprived of which
discrete rights would not be imaginable. According to Dwyer (2004), “a solid
logic of 'community', described here as 'an entity with certain shared
standards, rules and objectives wherein every adherent aspect it is where the
shared objective is as their own', is a general requirement for communitarians.
Hence it can be said that Community makes distinct independence promising by
guarding and supporting its adherents and is capable to ask for and defend
distinct faithfulness to mutually described responsibilities and exercises that
are specific and definite to a selected community”.
1.2.
View of Modern sociologists
Modern
sociologists employ the notion of community largely to denote the communal
procedures of communication and the exchange of functioning within assemblies,
instead of labeling assemblies that are obvious and recognizable on the
platform (Crow and Allan, 1994; Day and Murdoch, 1993). But, the notion of a
native community defines certain
logic of common personality, that persons who reside in a region are far more
than merely its ‘populace’: "residing in a region gives a possible chance
for shared contribution and participation with others living there as
well". (Crow and Allan, 1994) In the works of Putman (2000), the ironic
engagement of lives which occurs inside native communities is perceived to
establish valued communal wealth for the government, along with the distinct
inhabitants themselves (Halpern, 2005; Prime et al, 2002). But, the procedures
which together create and reinforce a community give evidence that can be
freely used to recognize that community.
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