Necessity, Encroachment or Sustainability? January 09' 2018January 09' 2018 Urban Précis TeamLeave a comment Encroachment? Walking through the Lal Kuan locality on Delhi-Faridabad border, one confronts the sharp line of division between natural, necessary and encroachment. The informal housing as well as new planned development is taking up spaces abandoned after closure of mining activities. People taking up the land are building to sustain their lives but are essentially developing by altering the natural terrain composed of Aravali hills. Such urban edges give a glimpse into challenges of walking the tight rope of urbanisation. #informal #housing #sustainable #development #encroachment #urban #urbanprecis #stone #expansion #village #India #urbanisation Photo – Manik Doomra (@manikdoomra) A post shared by Urban Précis (@urbanprecis) on Jan 9, 2018 at 4:25am PST
Urban Villages June 25' 2017June 26' 2017 Urban Précis TeamLeave a comment Urban Villages – The villages in proximity of major urban centres are fast losing their rural character owing to easy access to money, services and material, jobs and opportunities. Such rural centres are no longer dependent on agriculture alone. This material transition is often coupled with eroding worth of traditional knowledge and systems. The very systems which evolved due to sustainable nature and tendency to be in tandem with nature. A post shared by Urban Précis (@urbanprecis) on Jun 24, 2017 at 1:22pm PDT