ABSTRACT We bring a challenging perspective to slum studies in Delhi, India, by contrasting the attempts at ‘slum-free city planning’ (referring to housing programmes for the urban poor) with the ‘durability’ of certain slum settlements. We examine national and local factors that temper the impact of macro-forces of neoliberalism and globalisation on slum clearance in Delhi, including institutional fragmentation, political networks, and social mobilisation. Based on two settlements selected by the Delhi Development Authority to implement its strategy of slum redevelopment under public-private partnership, we show how space-specific configurations and the interplay of actors may contribute instead to the entrenchment of slums. At the settlement level however, ‘durable’ does not mean permanent. Yet, at the city level, slum rehabilitation in partnership with private developers presents serious limits, questioning the emphasis put on this strategy to provide sustainable housing for the urban poor.

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无贫民区的城市规划与耐用贫民窟的比较。来自印度德里的见解

摘要通过将“无贫民窟城市规划”（指针对城市贫民的住房计划）的尝试与某些贫民窟居民点的“耐用性”进行对比，我们为印度德里的贫民窟研究带来了具有挑战性的观点。我们研究了抑制新自由主义和全球化宏观力量对德里贫民窟清除的影响的国家和地方因素，包括机构分散，政治网络和社会动员。根据德里发展局选择的两个定居点来实施其在公私合营下的贫民窟重建战略，我们展示了特定于空间的配置和行为者的相互作用可能如何促进贫民窟的建立。但是，在解决方案级别，“耐用”并不意味着永久不变。但是，在城市一级