Chandigarh Experiment with Low Cost Housing
- Vol.84(4), April
- Mumbai The Indian Institute of Architects 2019
- 9-14p.
Housing, as a sector, is known for its criticality in promoting economy, generating employment and ensuring quality of life for any community, state and nation besides providing identity and security to individuals. Employing 10% (21 million) of the nations' work force and contributing 6% to the nation's Gross Domestic Product, housing is known to promote industrialization with more than 290 industries actively involved in producing products which go into making of built environment. Known for its physical, social, economic and environmental connotations besides role and importance in human living, UNO in its Global Strategy for Shelter has captured housing as a universal basic human right in terms of;