Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4
ABSTRACT 5
INTRODUCTION 10
PREFACE 10
RATIONALE 10
AIM AND OBJECTIVES 11
METHODOLOGY 12
SCOPE AND LIMITATION: 12
CONCEPTS: 13
LITERATURE REVIEW 14
UNDERSTANDING MASS HOUSING FOR THE MODERATE INCOME GROUP: 14
FACTORS OF GLOBALIZATION AND ITS EMERGING TRENDS IN THE MIDDLE CLASS OF INDIA: 19
THE CENTRALIZED SYSTEM OF HOUSING AND THE FACTORS THAT MAKE A HOUSE A PRODUCT: 21
RESEARCH 24
INTRODUCTION TO CITY AND HOUSING 24
CITY ZONING MAP 24
MASS HOUSING IN CITY TODAY 26
INTRODUCTION TO CASES: SELECTION CRITERIA AND LOGIC 26
CASE STUDIES 28
PROJECT BACKGROUND FOR CASE STUDY 1: 28
PEOPLE LIVING HERE CURRENTLY 30
INTERVIEW FINDINGS 33
Gender Influences on the Lived Experience: The Cases of Ramya Vijay and Nirmala.B 33
The Need for Ownership: The Cases of Parvati Murla and Gangadhar Mohan 35
Aspirations and homes: The case study of Sanjaya m and Agnes P 38
Trying to forget where they came from: The case studies of Srinivasan Kollu and Vindhya Pedipotla40
PROJECT BACKGROUND FOR CASE STUDY 2: 42
PEOPLE LIVING HERE CURRENTLY 47
INTERVIEWS FINDINGS 47
Building homes through previous lived experiences: The case studies of Deepa Rocha and Abhinay.T 47
Homes through community friendships: The cases of Suvarna Reddy and Srilatha Gantilaya 50
Finding comfort in homogeneity: The cases of Ravinder Sathla and Srujana Veeramalla 53
SUMMARY 55
ANALYSIS 56 7
UNDERSTANDING THE PATTERNS 56
ROLE OF LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN THE CHOICE OF HOMES 56
THE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND HOUSING SECURITIES 57
PERCEPTIONS OF CHANGE IN LIFESTYLE RELATIVE TO PREVIOUS HOUSING EXPERIENCE: 57
THE ROLE OF PARTICIPATION IN DESIGNING OF HOMES: 58
THE ROLE OF ASPIRATIONS AND SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THE HOME DOMAIN: 59
CONCLUSION 60
BIBLIOGRAPHY 62
TABLE OF FIGURES 64
APPENDIX 66