Sheela Patel
Encyclopedia
Sheela Patel is the founding director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers
(SPARC), which she organised in Mumbai
in 1984 as an advocacy group for the pavement dwellers
of Mumbai. SPARC continues to this day to play a major role in the politics of slum development in India
and throughout the Third World
.
Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers
-Introduction:The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers is one of the largest Indian NGOs working on housing and infrastructure issues for the urban poor...
(SPARC), which she organised in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
in 1984 as an advocacy group for the pavement dwellers
Pavement dwellers
Pavement dwellers refers to Mumbai dwellings built on the footpaths/pavements of city streets, which use the walls or fences which separate building compounds from the pavement and street outside...
of Mumbai. SPARC continues to this day to play a major role in the politics of slum development in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and throughout the Third World
Third World
The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
.