Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities

Through the ongoing work by the team at mHS CITY LAB, a social enterprise based in Delhi, the article looks at the possibilities offered by digital platforms across urban centres of global South in enabling lower income communities to self-build safer and better houses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rakhi Mehra, Marco Ferrario, Swati Janu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2017-12-01
Series:Field Actions Science Reports
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4454
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spelling doaj-4d11db9d5dfb4b78bce8b158fe5cf0532020-11-25T01:01:12ZengInstitut Veolia EnvironnementField Actions Science Reports1867-139X1867-85212017-12-015459Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian CitiesRakhi MehraMarco FerrarioSwati JanuThrough the ongoing work by the team at mHS CITY LAB, a social enterprise based in Delhi, the article looks at the possibilities offered by digital platforms across urban centres of global South in enabling lower income communities to self-build safer and better houses.http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4454informal settlementsincremental housingurban resiliencedigital networkssocial designlean methodology
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Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities
Field Actions Science Reports
informal settlements
incremental housing
urban resilience
digital networks
social design
lean methodology
author_facet Rakhi Mehra
Marco Ferrario
Swati Janu
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title Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities
title_short Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities
title_full Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities
title_fullStr Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities
title_full_unstemmed Digital Tools for Low-Income Housing in Indian Cities
title_sort digital tools for low-income housing in indian cities
publisher Institut Veolia Environnement
series Field Actions Science Reports
issn 1867-139X
1867-8521
publishDate 2017-12-01
description Through the ongoing work by the team at mHS CITY LAB, a social enterprise based in Delhi, the article looks at the possibilities offered by digital platforms across urban centres of global South in enabling lower income communities to self-build safer and better houses.
topic informal settlements
incremental housing
urban resilience
digital networks
social design
lean methodology
url http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4454
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