Smarter Slums
02:00 PM, 6th November, 2013
Presented by: Shashank Shankaranarayan, Shruti Shubham, Kota Kesava Karthik, Harshavardhan Vinjam, Vishal Jayan, J. Sandesh Tony Peravali
Advisor: Mukta Naik
Advisor: Mukta Naik
Delhi has been a major centre for trade and commerce for the past ten centuries. Today, it holds a large settlement within; a population of over sixteen million, and a large flux of immigrants yearly. The brunt of this rural to urban migration is largely absorbed by SLUMS, as they are the most affordable housing options present in Delhi. These slums, which have high human concentration, and in case of Delhi, house one eighth of the population, do not feature even remotely in the global discussion of “smart cities”.
How can the slum be brought within the folds of smart cities? While Delhi thrives to become smart, the seminar provides an insight into the ingenious and innovative means for a slum to cope up with the challenges posed to it, both, from within and by the city, and eventually become a part of this global phenomenon.
For this purpose, a few baselines for the vision of smartness have been set and entities such as the ‘slum’ (Taimoor Nagar), an ‘Indian city’ (Delhi) and a ‘notion of smart city’ (Amsterdam) have been quantitatively compared. From the knowledge that we acquire from these quantitative studies, an unbiased comparison of the slum, the city, and the smart city, can be made standing at the same pedestal. Also, it provides a perceptivity of how Delhi and its slums can together move towards smartness, creating a vivid future for the city as a whole.
Due to the challenges that the slums face, they are the hotbeds for new concepts and innovative ideas, which can potentially impact millions living within it. There are certain tools readily available to the slum dwellers with which they can carry out this task. The seminar attempts to detach the slums from their present repute and place them in a new light, which is distinct from the traditional psyche of retrofit/redevelop and rather focusing on the idea of capitalizing on strengths and working on weaknesses. Through these innovative solutions slums will advance into ideological trade-offs and reach an equitable situation with the present infrastructure, environment, economic conditions, governance provided to them to for an acceptable standard of living.
How can the slum be brought within the folds of smart cities? While Delhi thrives to become smart, the seminar provides an insight into the ingenious and innovative means for a slum to cope up with the challenges posed to it, both, from within and by the city, and eventually become a part of this global phenomenon.
For this purpose, a few baselines for the vision of smartness have been set and entities such as the ‘slum’ (Taimoor Nagar), an ‘Indian city’ (Delhi) and a ‘notion of smart city’ (Amsterdam) have been quantitatively compared. From the knowledge that we acquire from these quantitative studies, an unbiased comparison of the slum, the city, and the smart city, can be made standing at the same pedestal. Also, it provides a perceptivity of how Delhi and its slums can together move towards smartness, creating a vivid future for the city as a whole.
Due to the challenges that the slums face, they are the hotbeds for new concepts and innovative ideas, which can potentially impact millions living within it. There are certain tools readily available to the slum dwellers with which they can carry out this task. The seminar attempts to detach the slums from their present repute and place them in a new light, which is distinct from the traditional psyche of retrofit/redevelop and rather focusing on the idea of capitalizing on strengths and working on weaknesses. Through these innovative solutions slums will advance into ideological trade-offs and reach an equitable situation with the present infrastructure, environment, economic conditions, governance provided to them to for an acceptable standard of living.