Community Development
The SHD works towards strengthening local and community development, collective mobilisation, and decentralised urban governance by working with communities, neighbourhoods, social movements, workers’ organisations, and citizens’ collectives.
This work focuses on
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Community development efforts and citizen efforts in livelihoods, access to services, and neighbourhood upgrading.
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Training community residents and development workers.
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Creating collective spaces where stakeholders convene, dialogue, and exchange ideas.
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Increasing the quality and quantity of citizen participation in urban development.
Projects
Net-Zero Building Fundamentals
Reimagining Education for Equity: Interrogating Policy and Practice
Forest Ecology and Environment Services
Housing Shortage in India
Role of IoT in Rural Water Supply
Legacy Waste Management in Indian Cities
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
Housing Justice: A View from Indian Cities
Writing and Disseminating Grey Literature
Sustainable Cities
Other Focus Areas
Affordable Housing
Social Protection
Employment and Livelihoods
Urban Inequality
Health
