Subject(s): Urbanization -- Social ecology -- Urban poor -- Health and Malnutrition -- Growth of slums and socio-economic profiles -- Urban basic service -- Slum improvements -- Urbanization and slums -- Socio-economic conditions of pavement dwellers -- Squatters -- Slums in Bombay and Calcutta -- Rural urban linkage -- Health care for urban poor -- Homeless people in Calcutta -- Alternate ceramic building materials -- Urban housing -- Night shelters -- Women in slums and health care -- Rambagan slum re-housing projects -- Urban poor in India -- Health care for urban poor in India -- Nutritional deficit among urban poor women -- Bustee environment -- Reduction of childhood morbidities -- Labour market perspective of housing problems of urban poor -- Slum improvements