Abstract
Cities People Places journal is the official journal associated with the ‘Cities People & Places’ (ICCPP) Annual Conference being organized by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Two ICCPP conferences were held in Colombo in 2013 and 2014 and these have established the event as a credible academic endeavor that can bring together academics and practitioners in the fields of urban design, architecture and allied arts. By generating a mass and diversity of knowledge on urban spaces, people and places in cities, the conference is contributing to a greater understanding of cities and urban settlement systems in the modern world. This publication consolidates the development of this knowledge to be made available to a wider spectrum of academics and practitioners.
Highlights
A city is not just a place in space, but it is a drama in time (Geddes 1912)
The concept of community/social stratification in slum organic settlements of Dharavi began into a larger setting due to its variety in forms and functions in the built-fabric, which has always attracted various ethnic groups, social strata and age groups
It's organic and incrementally developed urban form is pedestrianized and networkbased, with mixed use, high density low-rise streetscapes having an ecosystem of community flourishing in the midst of environmental toxicity, highlighting the plight of Dharavi
Summary
Slums are the places where poor can dream, the weak can hope, the helpless can strive, the powerless can rise (Dhliwayo, 2019) As it suggests, despite being poor, weak, helpless and powerless, people of Dharavi themselves derive their own strategies to control the spread of virus during the pandemic clearly depicting what communities are. The concept of community/social stratification in slum organic settlements of Dharavi began into a larger setting due to its variety in forms and functions in the built-fabric, which has always attracted various ethnic groups, social strata and age groups. It inculcates a multi-faceted structure of social organization, involving social institutions, groups and individuals configuring intense social relations into living. The curve of COVID-19 positive cases in Dharavi slum has shown a declining trend with 102 active cases with over 2478 recoveries out of 2480 total infected people (Brihan Mumbai municipal corporation,2020)
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