Affordable housing for the low-income population, who mostly live in slums, is an endemic
challenge for cities in developing countries. As a remedy for the slum-free city, most of the …

This study looks into the socio-physical liveability through socio-spatiality in low-income
settlement archetypes. Paradoxically, recently mushrooming slum rehabilitation housing …

Investigaciones en países del sur global han encontrado altos niveles de insatisfacción
entre las personas relocalizadas de asentamientos informales en viviendas sociales, pese a …

In 2011, UNESCO issued recommendations urging cities, especially those rich in historical
significance, to strike a balance between preservation and growth. The goal was to better …

This article discusses and observes three case studies on cooperative housing societies of
SRS apartments located in (1) Dharavi,(2) Lower Parel, and (3) Chandivali in Mumbai …

Liveability assessments of informal urban settlements are scarce. In India, a number of slum
upgrading schemes have been implemented over the last decades aiming at better living …

Urbanization has been widely recognized as a prominent characteristic of modern human
civilization in contemporary times. It is responsible for the advancement of technology, the …