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100 _aPethe, Abhay and Sharma, Rashmi
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245 _aUrbanisation, Slums and Incidence of COVID-19: Undertaking Reforms
260 _aNagarlok
300 _a52(3), Jul-Sep, 2020: p.1-16
520 _aCOVID-19 being the headliner of the year 2020, in the absence of a vaccine or medication, has engulfed the whole world. In India, though the lockdown was conceived as a response at a very early stage, the number of cases have multiplied more than 1000 times since then. Data emerging since shows that the outbreak is primarily urban and given the life conditions in the Indian urban areas in general and slums in particular, there had to be a connect between urbanisation, slums and the incidence of COVID-19. The following note first establishes the above-mentioned fact with special focus on slums. In managing the spread of the virus and taking effective measures in responding to its spread, the vulnerabilities of these ever-expanding cities/ slums have been exposed, once again emphasising the need for higher investments in public health, improvement in the state of the slums and eventual creation of affordable houses, more than ever.- Reproduced
650 _aCOVID-19, Governance, Public health infrastructure, Slums, Urbanisation
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773 _aNagarlok
856 _uhttps://www.iipa.org.in/cms/public/uploads/402801611741567.pdf
906 _aCOVID-19 (DISEASE) - ECONOMIC ASPECTS - INDIA
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