TY  - JOUR
T1  - Developing Indicators for Slum Water Poverty Index
AU - Ahmed, Deen Maqbool AU - Kranthi, Natraj AU - Jain, Minakshi 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
SP  - 610
EP  - 615
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2018.610.615
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2018.610.615
KW  - Water scarcity
KW  -global phenomenon
KW  -water poverty
KW  -conceptual
KW  -identifying
KW  -purpose
AB  - The problem of water scarcity is presently a global phenomenon. Measuring water poverty helps in
assessing the water scarcity and in turn for addressing the issue. Calculation of Water Poverty Index (WPI)
particularly for the urban poor settlements such as slums may enable concerned authorities to prioritize the
investments. However, the concept of water poverty is usually associated to macro level context , i.e., country
or region a land not to micro contexts such as slums. In general, the existing water poverty index frameworks
include indicators/parameters at macro level but not at micro level. Given this background, calculation of WPI
for slums is a challenging task. This study is a scholastic attempt to develop indicators of Slum Water Poverty
Index (SWPI). An assessment through SWPI can particularly be helpful in identifying the service delivery
related issues. For this purpose, various relevant concepts and WPI Models were reviewed. After a review of
various research approaches to address water issues in slums, slum specific indicators of WPI were derived.
As a result, a conceptual framework for SWPI was developed.
ER  -