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been derailed due to massive to understand urban systems growth of urban centers and
disruption in economic and will prove central to the ensuring ‘Right to Housing’.
related activities inflicted process. To ensure planned and
by COVID-19. However, Going forward, it is imperative sustained development,
with gradual opening up of to engage the community of careful analysis of gestation
economic activities, there are each country and indulge period, resource mobilization,
green shoots of recovery and in bilateral cooperation on housing standards,
both countries are taking various technical aspects, among other factors need
steps to revive the pace of the for the responsible urban to be mulled over and
solidified through a holistic
real estate sector. It is worth housing revolution. approach incorporating
noting that these sectors have Decentralized approach is well-planned processes –
regained their momentum needed towards planning and such as densification – for
over the second half of 2021 implementation to cater to the sustainability. Housing and
(Toh, 2021). local needs and opportunities. amenities, which are crucial
Scaling up technological to Ease of Living, have to be at
CONCLUSIONS AND interventions and techno- the core of city development
THE WAY FORWARD financing institutions, which strategies, to move towards
India and China are countries are environmentally feasible policy and action for impact,
with an accelerating pace of and scalable, along with well- especially for China and India
growth. With a commensurate planned policies will achieve in the coming decades.
increase in urbanization sustainable urbanization.
and population, housing In order to insulate the housing Acknowledgments
affordability and shortages market from any impending This research work is an
emerge as major challenges. collapse, it is important that outcome by the author under
To reconcile with socio, the countries ensure sound the CIVS Fellowship 2020-
economic and environmental processes of urbanization 2021. The author would
sustainability, both countries and well-distributed land like to thank the fellowship
need to focus on a set of key and real-estate development. organising team and to
issues. These include the It is pertinent to avoid various experts for their
redevelopment of slums, concentration of urbanization research input, consulted for
informal settlements and old in some regions while this work. Acknowledgments
areas, affordable, adequate, ignoring others and move are also due to Dr. Soumyadip
responsible housing stock towards balanced regional Chattopadhyay, Dr. Simi
supply and planned housing development. Proper urban Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sakshi
including non-ownership planning through active Sharda, Mahima Kapoor and
(rental) housing, and workers’ citizen participation in the IMPRI team for their research
hostels and dormitories for policymaking processes and support and assistance.
migrant and marginalized financial viability would be
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