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WasteLess Musings- A sensitive approach to Urban Renewal in Chennai, India

Balagopal, Parvaty LU (2018) ASBM01 20181
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
The city of Chennai evolved around the river, Cooum. The
river supports irrigation to agricultural fields in the north and
supplies water to the city of Chennai. It also acts as a major
flood carrier for the city. Before the 1960s, the river was clean
and used for activities such as bathing, boating and
fishing. During the colonial rule, the city was initially planned
to sustain a much lesser population than the current one of
10.4 million. This has put a huge strain on the Cooum river.
Within the city limits, the river has degraded mostly due to
untreated waste water and sewage inflow and unauthorised
dumping of solid waste. In areas where the river has dried
up for years, there ae slums along the river banks and flood
plains.... (More)
The city of Chennai evolved around the river, Cooum. The
river supports irrigation to agricultural fields in the north and
supplies water to the city of Chennai. It also acts as a major
flood carrier for the city. Before the 1960s, the river was clean
and used for activities such as bathing, boating and
fishing. During the colonial rule, the city was initially planned
to sustain a much lesser population than the current one of
10.4 million. This has put a huge strain on the Cooum river.
Within the city limits, the river has degraded mostly due to
untreated waste water and sewage inflow and unauthorised
dumping of solid waste. In areas where the river has dried
up for years, there ae slums along the river banks and flood
plains.
The city bears the brunt of the impacts of climate change
between the months of September and December when it is
hit by torrential rain every year. After the disastrous floods in
2015, a new development plan for the city is being made that
involves cleaning up the Cooum river so that the flood
situation within the city can be regulated. However, the
restoration project involves the relocation of several slums to
areas 20-22kms away from the city, resulting in the formation
of ghettos in these relocation sites.
This thesis aims to find a balance between environmental and
social sustainability where the environmental needs for the
city can be integrated with the social needs of the residents
along these areas of intervention. The thesis also analyses
how the issues of waste management can be partially solved
through architecture by using waste as a cost-efficient
building material. (Less)
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author
Balagopal, Parvaty LU
supervisor
organization
course
ASBM01 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Sustainable urban design, slum upgrade, urban renewal, waste management, architecture from waste, flood management, low cost materials, recycling, incremental
language
English
id
8951282
date added to LUP
2018-06-19 14:28:33
date last changed
2018-06-19 14:28:33
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  abstract     = {{The city of Chennai evolved around the river, Cooum. The
river supports irrigation to agricultural fields in the north and
supplies water to the city of Chennai. It also acts as a major
flood carrier for the city. Before the 1960s, the river was clean
and used for activities such as bathing, boating and
fishing. During the colonial rule, the city was initially planned
to sustain a much lesser population than the current one of
10.4 million. This has put a huge strain on the Cooum river.
Within the city limits, the river has degraded mostly due to
untreated waste water and sewage inflow and unauthorised
dumping of solid waste. In areas where the river has dried
up for years, there ae slums along the river banks and flood
plains.
The city bears the brunt of the impacts of climate change
between the months of September and December when it is
hit by torrential rain every year. After the disastrous floods in
2015, a new development plan for the city is being made that
involves cleaning up the Cooum river so that the flood
situation within the city can be regulated. However, the
restoration project involves the relocation of several slums to
areas 20-22kms away from the city, resulting in the formation
of ghettos in these relocation sites.
This thesis aims to find a balance between environmental and
social sustainability where the environmental needs for the
city can be integrated with the social needs of the residents
along these areas of intervention. The thesis also analyses
how the issues of waste management can be partially solved
through architecture by using waste as a cost-efficient
building material.}},
  author       = {{Balagopal, Parvaty}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{WasteLess Musings- A sensitive approach to Urban Renewal in Chennai, India}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}