@incollection{fdi:010079647,
  title = {{L}iving on the margins of the legal city in the southern periphery of {C}hennai : a case of cumulative marginalities},
  author = {{D}upont, {V}{\'e}ronique and {D}hanalakshmi, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}hapter 8 investigates issues faced by the people living in a precarious settlement located along a river canal in the southern periphery of {C}hennai, {I}ndia. {T}his case study shows how living on the urban margins can be understood as a condition that results primarily from economic deprivation and entails cumulative effects. {T}he lack of economic resources pushes people to live in substandard settlements outside the legal sector. {V}acant places to occupy are more likely to be available on the outskirts of a city, on non-building land such as the edge of water bodies in low-lying areas. {T}he ensuing settlements are categorized as 'objectionable slums', under the constant threat of eviction. {S}uch a geophysical location also exposes their dwellers to environmental risks, especially floods. {T}hese dwellers are furthermore stigmatized as encroachers, offenders and polluters, and, hence, are socially marginalized. {A}fter eviction, they are relocated to other marginal spaces in another substandard habitat. {L}astly, among these multidimensional marginal urban dwellers, some prove to be more marginal than others, namely, the tenants, especially the migrants from the northern states of the country.},
  keywords = {{INDE} ; {TAMIL} {NADU} ; {CHENNAI} ; {NEELANKARAI}},
  booktitle = {{L}iving in the margins in mainland {C}hina, {H}ong {K}ong and {I}ndia},
  numero = {},
  pages = {176--194},
  address = {{L}ondres ({GBR}) ; {N}ew {Y}ork},
  publisher = {{R}outledge},
  series = {{M}argins of {D}evelopment},
  year = {2020},
  ISBN = {978-0-367-48078-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079647},
}