ASPECTS OF URBAN POVERTY IN BOMBAY

The paper considers poverty and deprivation among two groups of low-in come communities in Bombay: pavement dwellers and households living in a designated ''slum'' area. The author uses longitudinal data to exam ine relations between changes in income and changes in living conditio ns and concludes that poverty can be neither understood nor tackled th rough a simple focus on income but a more comprehensive approch includ ing a consideration of housing and living conditions is required.