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is exacerbated by the large China has achieved matter has been slow,
household sizes, with over improvements in the same directing attention towards
five members, on average, parameters as well. However, environmental capacity
reducing the available per advancement in terms of and sustainability. China’s
capita floor space (Figure 3). access to clean fuels and progress on SDGs 6, 7, and
From 2005 to 2025, India will concentration of particulate 11, is promising (Figure 6),
need to add 700 million to
900 million square meters of Figure 5: India’s Performance on SDGs 6, 7 and 11
floor space a year, while for
China, the required measure
could be 1,600 million to 1,900
million square meters (Figure
4) (McKinsey, 2020).

Livability Aspects of
Housing: Insights from
the SDG Performance
Index
The ‘livability’ aspect
of housing has gained
prominence by including
drinking water, sanitation,
solid waste management, and
drainage. These parameters
act as the basis for Service (Source: SDG Development Report 2021)
Level Benchmarking (SLB),
which measures and monitors Figure 6: China’s Performance on SDGs 6, 7 and 11
utility service provision and
lays its standard to minimize
gaps. Further, with the given
COVID-19 pandemic, the lack
of the same makes hygiene
and social distancing difficult.

In India, while there has
been an improvement in the
availability of the amenities
such as drinking water,
sanitation, electricity, and
drainage arrangement, etc. by
the urban households, yet the
statistics show, there has been
a stark deprivation especially
in slums and informal
settlements (Figure 5). (Source: SDG Development Report 2021)

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