Doloi, Hemanta Kumar, <br/><br/>
Affordable housing for smart villages / 
Hemanta Doloi and Sally Donovan. 
 - xiii, 181 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Housing in rural settings -- The nature-culture determinants of rural housing -- Affordable houses -- Housing affordability -- Materials and resources in construction of affordable houses -- Global practices in rural development -- Vulnerability in rural community -- Resilience in rural community  -- Sustained growth and development. 
<br/><br/> "This book initiates a fresh discussion of affordability in rural housing set in the context of the rapidly shifting balance between rural and urban populations. It conceptualises affordability in rural housing along a spectrum that is interlaced with cultural and social values integral to rural livelihoods at both personal and community level. Developed around four intersecting themes: explaining houses and housing in rural settings; exploring affordability in the context of aspirations and vulnerability; rural development agendas involving housing and communities; and construction for resilience in rural communities, the book provides an overview of some of the little understood and sometimes counter-intuitive best practices on rural affordability and affordable housing that have emerged in developing economies over the last thirty years. Drawing on practice-based evidence this book presents innovative ideas for harnessing rural potential, and empowering rural communities with added affordability and progressive development in the context of housing and improved living standards"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367190781 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019027779 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Smart cities.<br/>Dwellings--Design and construction--Cost effectiveness.<br/>Housing--Planning.<br/>Community development.<br/>Rural development.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.338  / DOL