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Governance, Hierarchical Spatial Planning Framework, Land Use Planning and Management, Multi-Sectoral, Policies, Sustainable Development

Chapter 13: Thematic Consultations

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After setting the working group let us prepare and undertake the thematic consultations. We also document and extract outputs and outcomes from them in terms of visions and land use interaction matrix with an example. This chapter is part of a series on Hierarchical Spatial Planning Framework

We are nearing completion of month 18 now. It has been three months since we are sensitising every stakeholder department on their role and ownership for the policy. Fortunately, they all agree and are on board. Hopefully, we also have a formal government notification circulated to at core as well as extended working group members.

In short, we have already set up the working group. First battle won.

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Demand Forecasting, Housing

Housing Gap Assessment for an Urban Area

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India has started talking about Smart Cities. Over the past decade, focus had been on Urban Renewal and Slum Up-gradation. Be it smart cities or urban renewal / regeneration or slum up-gradation; Urban Housing proves to be one of the most difficult challenge for a town planner. Irrespective of who is providing housing, the Urban Local Body, the private developers / builders or a combination of both, housing gap assessment is necessary for all of the cases.

This note is an attempt towards the methodology for estimating housing gap for a city. Though the same may provide for a good assessment from the point of view of a research level thesis, it may need much more detailing for an urban planner in-charge of a city.

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