Housing
Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi staying at A 15, Paryavaran Complex,
New Delhi 110030 (INDIA), Mobile : +91-9818097247 has designed a Masterplan Paradigm for the overall development of Housing in the
following manner :
3.1 Principles
We will support initiatives which ensure that:
a) new urban developments are environmentally sound, respect
human scale and facilitate community interaction; and
b) the community is able to participate fully in urban planning
and in the assessment of development proposals.
3.2 Goals
We will work to:
a) ensure that people unable to provide for their own housing
are given assistance to do so by the government;
b) eliminate housing-related poverty by increased provision of
public housing;
c) increase tenant participation in decisions about services to
be provided;
d) review building codes so that houses are constructed in
accordance with energy efficient design criteria and so that
building materials are selected for their low environmental
impact;
e) regulate the materials used by the building industry so that
the environment is protected from both over-exploitation and
toxic processes;
f) encourage the development of urban villages in consultation
with local communities to allow people to live in ecologically
and socially satisfying ways within cities; and
h) ensure that the facilities that promote healthy communities
(recreational, cultural and social amenities) receive priority
in town planning.
3.3 Short Term Targets
3.3.1 General Planning
We propose that:
a) any future urban development be based on environmental and
social planning principles by
• ensuring that house blocks are correctly aligned for maximum
solar access;
• landscaping for rainwater trapping and waste water recycling;
• maintenance of privacy and noise controls;
• provision of adequate public open space;
• designing integrated cycleway networks across urban areas; and
• lowering residential speed limits.
b) town centres be planned to contain a greater mix of
commercial activities with :
• introduction of more residential activity; and
• re-humanising of the centres through more public open space
and attractive urban design; and
c) different types of housing be available to cater to diverse
social needs, including
• youth;
• non-family groups;
• the disabled; and
• older people;
d) the community’s reliance on private motor vehicles be reduced
through
• improvements in public transport;
• concentration of residential, educational and small-scale
commercial development around neighbourhood shopping centres;
• the introduction and expansion of commuter cycling systems;
and
• strategic location of carparking spaces.
3.3.2 Urban Development
The public transport system must be energy-efficient, economic
and convenient, e.g. light rail integrated with other express
and normal bus services to other parts of the cities.
We propose:
a) that planning of urban developments focus on the concept of
urban villages based on environmental and social principles;
b) that public housing be well integrated with other types of
housing;
c) that continued funding of community housing programmes be
supported; and
d) that certificates with gradings be issued to owner-builders
in remote areas so people can live in “unfinished” houses if
they choose to do so.
3.3.3 Building Design
We propose:
a) mandatory provisions requiring new buildings to meet minimum
standards of energy-efficiency, noise insulation and water
conservation;
b) encouragement of local wastewater recycling, composting
toilets and rainwater collection systems;
c) adequate car parking requirements for buildings; and
d) a system of solar access rights to facilitate the passive
solar design of new residences.
