Local Initiatives in Relocation: The State and NGOs as Partners From Research to Action

"The book analyses the impact of relocation on 2,640 poor urban households who were relocated from the city centre to the outskirts of Chennai in the 1990s. It describes a relocation programme of the government and the role of NGOs in the area. The main focus is on the local initiatives taken by the relocates in trying to rebuild their lives in the absence of services and employment."