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100			_aLubeck-Schricker, Maya et al _942959
245			_aDivided infrastructure: Legal exclusion and water inequality in an urban slum in Mumbai, India
260			_aEnvironment and Urbanization
300			_a35(1), Apr, 2023: p.178-198
520			_aInadequate water access is central to the experience of urban inequality across low- and middle-income countries and leads to adverse health and social outcomes. Previous literature on water inequality in Mumbai, India’s second-largest city, offers diverse explanations for water disparities between and within slums. This study provides new insights on water disparities in Mumbai’s slums by evaluating the influence of legal status on water access. We analysed data from 593 households in Mandala, a slum with legally recognized (notified) and unrecognized (non-notified) neighbourhoods. Households in a non-notified neighbourhood suffered relative disadvantages in water infrastructure, accessibility, reliability and spending. Non-notified households also used significantly fewer litres per capita per day of water, even after controlling for religion and socioeconomic status. Findings suggest that legal exclusion may be a central driver of water inequality. Extending legal recognition to excluded slum settlements, neighbourhoods and households could be a powerful intervention for reducing urban water inequality. – Reproduced
650			_aInequality, Informal settlements, Security of tenure, Slums, Water. _939780
773			_aEnvironment and Urbanization
906			_aWATER SUPPLY
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