Physical Ecology Of Slums In Srinagar City

Slums are manifestation of urban poverty. Clustering was done on the basis of geographical and economic factors. These clusters show inequality in various aspects like housing conditions, age of slums, drainage facilities. The quality of housing conditions increases from core to periphery while as the urban amenities decreases from core to periphery (Fayaz, 2014). Random sampling was used to study the housing environment and other physical attributes of slums in Srinagar city. Slum in Srinagar city have unique characteristics of being permanent in nature and land ownership. This paper attempts to study the physical ecology of slums in Srinagar city.