Informal Housing in Delhi: Policies and Case Studies

The growth of India’s population and increase in urban migration has amplified the shortage of affordable housing in India’s capital. How do government policies address the need for housing for the urban poor, slums and squatter settlements in the city of Delhi? Ruchita Gupta, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Housing, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, will present several case studies to provide a glimpse of the living conditions of the urban poor in these settlements. Moderator: Amar Sawhney, Professor of Architecture, Building Construction and Interior Design, Miami Dade College