School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

About: School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi is a education organization based out in New Delhi, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Smart city. The organization has 278 authors who have published 347 publications receiving 1665 citations.

Impact of the Lockdown on Women Domestic Workers

Abstract: Covid-19 pandemic impacted both life and livelihood. The lockdown severely affected economically weaker section workers who mostly belong to informal sector. Among informal sector workers, three mi...

Sustainable Performance of Diverse Regional Vernacular Architecture of India – Case Study of I. G. R. M. S. Bhopal, INDIA ☆

Abstract: India is a large subcontinent having many diverse regions, each having its own vernacular architecture tradition. These regions are as diverse as hills, desert, coastal area, hot and humid riverine plain, humid rainforests and many more. Similarly, the vernacular forms of architecture are diverse in their layout, form, building materials, methods of construction and structural systems. There is but one basic similarity – they are climatically and geographically most suited to their original regional location. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal is a museum that houses examples of these vernacular structures in full scale built by their original inhabitants in natural site. The city of Bhopal is capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh (literally translates as the Central Province, and justifies that name with its central position in India) is situated ‘Humid Sub-tropical’ region of India as per Koppen's classification and offers a different context from the original site and climate situation of these vernacular structure. This paper thus aims at assessing whether and how vernacular architecture performs consistently in regions other than its own when transplanted. Thus, it has recorded and quantified climatological data for some of these vernacular huts belonging to diverse regions to compare and contrast their construction material, design and thermal performances on a iso-climatic framework. In the research, climatic data like ambient temperature, wind velocity, relative humidity have been collected for selected vernacular houses that are originally scattered within the huge geographical area of India, and which also belong to varied climatic regions. These houses vary in terms of their layout, materials and methods of construction and so forth. These data have been compared and analysed to find their dependence on the different building features and components of these houses. The analysis of the collected database have also been used to assess the basic question of the research i.e., to assess and compare the relative performance of these houses brought together in a single place under the same climate.

Disruptive Mobility in Pre- and Post-COVID Times: App-Based Shared Mobility in Indian Cities—The Case of Bengaluru

Abstract: Smart Sustainable city is an emerging concept of a complex long-term vision to overcome the problems arising in the cities with the help of new technologies. Some of such problems in the transport sector include congestion, carbon emissions, and inadequate public transit service supply. One probable solution to these can be through optimum utilization of disruptive mobility, which has hit this sector like a storm. This chapter presents the scenario of App-Based Shared Mobility (ABSM) services in the city of Bengaluru and the consequent impact it is creating on the urban travel trends, travel behavior, and car ownership. These services generate city-level data, which can be utilized to judge various aspects of city-wide traffic to improve the overall mobility. Moreover, the change in consumer desire from ownership to the accessibility of goods and services has penetrated the transport sector in the form of Transport Network Companies (TNCs), which has great potential to impact the public transit ridership as well as private vehicle ownership which is further explored in the chapter.

Driving change in the brick manufacturing industry in India through the rera regulatory mechanism

Abstract: The real estate sector in India is among the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The two major issues that builders are confronted with in the post-Covid scenario are flight of migrant labour and shortage of raw-materials, particularly of bricks. This paper focuses on the technological, environmental and social issues that surround brick-production, impacting their supply to the real estate sector, and proposes a long-term solution which involves utilising the RERA regulatory mechanism. Mechanised units contribute less than 1% of the total brick production in India. The environmental hazards of brick manufacturing include air pollution due to the enormous use of coal, posing a hazard to the health of workers as well as to the surrounding environment, and also contribute to global warming by way of an enlarged carbon footprint. There seems to be a regulatory breakdown insofar as the brick manufacturing sector in India is concerned. Because of its direct stake in the sector, the regulatory mechanism established by the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 could be entrusted with a monitoring role to drive technological change and safety, the legal basis for which already exists in the RERA Act. The paper proposes a minor amendment, which would catalyse labour reform as well as technological up-gradation in the brick making industry.