Building Communities while Building Houses – Day 2: Revisiting GoI’s 50,000 Houses Project in Sri Lanka with the People who Planned and Implemented it

The GoI’s 50,000 houses project for the conflict victims in Sri Lanka ( 2012-16), in the manner of its planning and implementation, remains a special project globally. Conceived, funded, and implemented by the government, it is more than a conventional ‘’participatory’ project. Going beyond, this GoI project transferred decision making to the communities and handed […]

Building Communities while Building Houses – Day 1: Revisiting GoI’s 50,000 Houses Project in Sri Lanka with the People who Planned and Implemented it

The GoI’s 50,000 houses project for the conflict victims in Sri Lanka ( 2012-16), in the manner of its planning and implementation, remains a special project globally. Conceived, funded, and implemented by the government, it is more than a conventional ‘’participatory’ project. Going beyond, this GoI project transferred decision making to the communities and handed […]

People’s Participation in City Planning: Bottom-up planning; Participatory Design; Consultative Practice – How do we generate inclusive and people-centric cities?

Delhi Development Authority is in the process of preparing the new master plan which will be applicable for a 20 year period from 2021- 41. As of March 2021,  Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has organized very limited online public consultations where citizens, CSOs, and campaigns could raise their voices. These public consultations are a great […]