Publication
Principal Investigator: Joshua Bolchover (PI)
This project documents the process of transformation and spatial characteristics of selected ger districts describing how settlements densify by subdivision without improvements to infrastructure. It highlights the difficulties in implementing ger district development projects and positions the ger districts as a unique case study of an informal settlement because the majority of ger district inhabitants are land owners. The target is to demonstrate how these districts can be incrementally developed by the residents themselves to include infrastructure, better housing, and community facilities, each with improved environmental performance to improve air quality and reduce reliance on coal. This strategic framework for development includes:
- a design for an affordable housing prototype
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a design for a waste collection and recycling building
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scenario plans to increase density for three different ger district typologies: the central; mid and fringe areas
- an action plan for incremental development leveraging Green Climate Funds to support low interest rate mortgages to initiate development
See the research folio here.