Improvised rental housing to make cities COVID safe in India

• COVID-19 necessitates relook at existing living conditions in the developing countries, with Indian cities as case study; • With 3935 persons per hectare, Dharavi is one of the most crowded slums in the world, with 80% households on rent; • Living conditions-socio-economics, neighbourhood circumst...

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Autores principales: Sethi, Mahendra, Mittal, Shilpi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7480975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32929293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102922
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Sumario:• COVID-19 necessitates relook at existing living conditions in the developing countries, with Indian cities as case study; • With 3935 persons per hectare, Dharavi is one of the most crowded slums in the world, with 80% households on rent; • Living conditions-socio-economics, neighbourhood circumstances and household crowding significantly abet the pandemic; • As COVID recovery, Indian government on July 8, initiated affordable rental housing complexes for urban poor and migrants. • We recommend land monetization, real estate trusts, progressive designs, digital lease management, and tax on second house.

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