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Figure 5: Population structure, Affordability and Market Supply Pyramid

Source: Smartnet/Affordable housing

compared to the existing municipalities, regions, and in Delhi go to Gurgaon, Noida,
shortage in the segment (Figure rural peripheries, further Faridabad for work on a daily
5). Thus, it is the housing establishing symbiotic basis, and vice versa. The entire
requirements of the lower relationships with them. metropolitan region of NCR
middle-income and lower Operating with metropolitan shares infrastructure and
income groups that are grossly lenses favors the achievement of facilities, and so the housing
neglected, and there exists a housing goals and raises should also be thought at a
huge scarcity in the supply of sustainability, social cohesion metropolitan level.
affordable houses primarily in and quality of life in the major As a part of shifting the
these categories. metropolises. A metropolitan paradigm from the urban scale
NEED TO SHIFT FROM focus must be adopted because of planning to the metropolitan
URBAN TO METROPOLITAN housing markets are a function scale, affordable housing policies
SCALE of employment opportunities, are required to be carved out by
travel demands and
With increasing metropolization, comprehensively considering
infrastructure facilities, which
growing cities evolve into major the metropolitan context of the
function at metropolitan scales.
metropolitan regions. As cities city. While planning for the
Taking an example of Delhi and
continue their rapid affordable housing, it is
NCR, the interdependencies in
urbanization, they expand and necessary to understand that it is
place of residence and work are
grow even more interdependent not just related to housing needs
very high, that people residing
with their surrounding of the population, but is also

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