Affordable Housing and Infrastructure Services

The book provides a clear understanding of the various issues. Written with Indian background, the author reviews the definition of housing, its classification, and the concepts of affordability, subsidies, rental housing, retrofitting, upgradation and slum rehabilitation. The author provokes thinking beyond the public-private binary and develop a third option, where the local community is the driver and housing is not considered as a commodity. The book makes a case for the adoption of innovative technologies together with reforms in planning norms, mixed land use and optimum use of land and other resources for inclusive housing.

About the author

A.K. Jain wurde auf dem World Urban Forum in Medellin, Kolumbien, mit dem 2nd Urban Professional Award 2014 ausgezeichnet, als Anerkennung dafür, dass er eine Stadt vorbildlich verändert hat. Der Minister für Stadtentwicklung der Union zeichnete ihn mit dem IBC Lifetime Achievement Award (2016) aus. Er arbeitete an dem Masterplan für Delhi-2021 und ist Autor mehrerer Bücher.

Product details

• Authors: A K Jain, A. K. Jain, A.K. Jain
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2018
• EAN: 9786139836567
• ISBN: 9786139836567
• No. of pages: 548
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 834 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous