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    Abstract for a case study based on a 2010 city-wide census of informal communities in Bhuj, Gujarat. Feel free to contact me for further information.

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    Abstract for a case study based on a 2010 city-wide census of informal communities in Bhuj, Gujarat. Feel free to contact me for further information.

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    Participatory Census Case Study

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    Alykhan Mohamed
    Abstract for a case study based on a 2010 city-wide census of informal communities in Bhuj, Gujarat. Feel free to contact me for further information.

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    ParticipatoryCensusofInformalCommunitiesinBhuj,Gujarat,India

    September2010
    AlykhanMohamed/HunnarshaalaFoundation

    Abstract:

    MuchofIndiasurbanpopulationlivesininformalandoftenillegalsettlements.Quantifyingthis
    populationthroughstudiesandsurveysisimportantforalltypesofgovernmentaswellaslocaland
    internationalhumanitarianorganizations.DuringthetimeIspentatHunnarshalaFoundationinBhuj
    Kutch,Iwasinvolvedindevelopingmethodologyforacitywidecensusofinformalandillegal
    settlements.InresponsetoHunnarshalaandpartnerNGOsexperiencesworkinginBhuj,the
    methodologyofthesurveywasdesignedtoaddresstheinformalpopulationofBhujasaseriesof
    distinctivecommunities,toactivelyengagethesecommunities,andtohelpthemtobuildthecapacityto
    useandtakeownershipoftheinformation.

    Thepurposeofthisstudyistoobserveandinformtheinitialimplementationthatsamecensusin
    Bhuj,Kutch.Itisalsotoinformanyindividualororganizationthatisplanningtostudyorsurvey
    vulnerablepopulationsandchallengethemtomaketheprocessmorethansimplyan
    informationgatheringexercise.Theimpactofthesurveyintermsofcapacitybuildingcanonlybe
    evaluatedinthelongterm,butthispaperseekstocloselyobserveitsimplementationinseveral
    communitiesandanalyzethereactionsofthecommunitiesaswellasreflectionsfromthesurveyteamin
    ordertoevaluatehowwellthemethodologyactuallyengagedthesecommunities.

    Thispaperwillfirstdiscusssomeotherexamplesofsurveysandstudieswhathavesoughtto
    followaparticipatoryapproach.ItwillalsoprovidesomecontextofslumcommunitiesinBhujandthe
    workdonebyHunnarshalaFoundationandpartnerorganizations.Thesurveyitselfwillbeaddressedin
    fourparts:adescriptionofsurveyandplannedmethodology,observationsandanalysisoftheinitial
    implementationofthesurvey,reflectionsfromthesurveyteam,andfeedbackfrommembersofthe
    communitiesthatparticipated.

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