9th September, 2019,16:00 – 17:30
Venue – Regal

While India undergoes rapid urbanization, a lack of readiness in terms of providing housing to all becomes more conspicuous. Recent government pushes including the PMAY scheme has targeted bridging the projected gap of 19 million affordable housing units in urban areas in India by 2020. Fallouts in terms of proliferation of slums, high prices of land and building materials render houses unaffordable for the segment at the bottom of the pyramid. It does not help that the urban population is growing exponentially which will further aggravate the situation.

One of the key reasons for urban migration has been climate change and other impacts of environmentally hazardous practices. Sustainable development is not a negotiable front and needs to be addressed immediately. Unfortunately, more often than not affordability and sustainability is perceived as at odds with each other.

 The session shall focus on how affordability and sustainability can be addressed coherently to achieve sustainable and inclusive development through efficient, healthy, green and resilient habitat.

MODERATOR:
Ms. Jessica Grove-Smith, Physicist Senior Scientist, Passive House Institute Passive House Institute, Germany

SPEAKERS:

Prof. Ashok B. Lall, Principal Architect,

A.B. Lall Architects, New Delhi

Ms. Janhavi Parab, Deputy General Manager—Sustainability, Mahindra Lifespaces, Mumbai

Mr. Chinmaya Kumar Acharya, Chief of Programmes, Shakti Foundation, New Delhi