Parikalpana: KIIT Journal of Management

Aruna Sharma ¹, Bikash Sethy ¹, Priyabrata Panda ²

Affiliations
1 Research Assistant, Gangadhar Meher University, Amruta Vihar, Sambalpur, IN
2 Assistant Professor of Commerce and Principal Investigator, Minor Research Project under OURIIP Seed Fund, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha., IN

Abstract

The study articulates the multifaceted impact of the Covid pandemic on slum dwellers. Specifically, the impact of the pandemic on economic endurance, social prevalence, and health occurrence of the informal settlers is enumerated and intrigued. Research papers in different forms are collected from Open Athens, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. Search terms like “economic impact”, “social impact”, “Socio-psychological impact” “health and sanitation”, “slums” “slum dwellers”, etc. are used for assembling literatures. A mixed method of traditional review with bibliometric analysis is adopted for the study. The process of developing the concept, gathering of information, selection and rejection, analysis, and interpretation has been applied to replicate the research findings. By synthesizing the process, it was found that the pandemic has shaken the economic condition of the inhabitants in terms of loss of employment, degradation of income level, the burden of emergency circumstances, etc. In addition, overcrowding in tenements restricted isolation and fostered infection. It is pertinent that health problems and social issues have a large, negative, and long-lasting impact on slum habitats. On the other side, prolonged socio-economic issues created stress and anxiety for them.

Keywords

Economic Endurance, Social Prevalence, Health Issues, Covid Pandemic.

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