{"product_id":"affordable-housing-for-smart-villages-9780367190781","title":"Affordable Housing for Smart Villages","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hemanta Doloi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Engineering\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Urban \u0026amp; Land Use Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book initiates a fresh discussion of affordability in rural housing set in the context of the rapidly shifting balance between rural and urban populations. It conceptualises affordability in rural housing along a spectrum that is interlaced with cultural and social values integral to rural livelihoods at both personal and community level. Developed around four intersecting themes: explaining houses and housing in rural settings; exploring affordability in the context of aspirations and vulnerability; rural development agendas involving housing and communities; and construction for resilience in rural communities, the book provides an overview of some of the little understood and sometimes counter-intuitive best practices on rural affordability and affordable housing that have emerged in developing economies over the last thirty years. Drawing on practice-based evidence this book presents innovative ideas for harnessing rural potential, and empowering rural communities with added affordability and progressive development in the context of housing and improved living standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFor a student aspiring to work in rural areas in developing countries it is an introduction to and map of some key solutions around the critical area of affordable housing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFor the rural development professional, it provides a map of a territory they rarely see because they are absorbed in a particular rural area or project\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFor the academic looking to expand their activities into rural areas, especially in rural housing, it provides a handy introduction to a body of knowledge serving 47% of the world's population, and how this differs from urban practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFor the policy makers, it provides a map for understanding the dynamics around rural affordability, growth potential and community aspirations helping them to devise appropriate intervention programs on rural housing and development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036262686871,"sku":"9780367190781","price":4496.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367190781.webp?v=1769213015","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/affordable-housing-for-smart-villages-9780367190781","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}