Investigating the Spatial Variation of Deprivation in Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area, India

By : Jaydip De

Page No: 97-115

Abstract
Applying a set of uniquely designed multidimensional indices (modified after De, 2017) the present study analyses the nature, extent and spatial pattern of deprivation in one hundred forty-one wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Information relating social, economic and physical condition of houses obtained from Census of India, 2011 document are the foundation of this study. This analysis principally deal with questions like How far the deprivation prevails in reality? What are its actual dimensions? Do they follow similar tendencies? Do the metropolis dwellers too face deprivation? The paper discloses the prevalence of wide spatial variation in household deprivation within the KMC area. Although there is no welldefined pattern, some wards adjacent to Kolkata port and Eastern Metropolitan bypass are found to be more deprived than the others. This synthetic assessment provides a systematic tool to pinpoint the spatial variation in access to amenities and highlights the inability of the urban administration to establish justice in local governance.

Author :
Jaydip De : UGC-Senior Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2019.39.01.7