TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MASS HOUSING FOR LANDLESS PEOPLE

Abstract

There exists an unbridgeable gap between the housing shortage and housing supply in rural areas. In spite of the fact that 30 per ceuc of Indi<<'s population lives in rural areas, only now a much needed attention is being paid to rural housings In spite of free land being given to the landless, the he .sin-; problem is complex due to shortage of permanent building material, paucity of finances and technically retarded state of construction. Simultaneously as o, result of different economic progr , s es and developments, the living concepts of the rural Classes are changing vei77 ra.ntnidly. Ibis calls for a systematic study of the complete problem, its Banc 1ysIS cincl development of a salt, able technology. An attempt is made in the present study to find, a viable and feasible solution to the problem of providing houses to the landless. Burnt bricks, being most commonly available in rural areas, have boon adopted. The s b dy includes _l. brief review of the housing problem, space requirements for various functions, de;relo-, me_ b of technolocgr and 'sodul_ar coordination, structural analysis and its conformation br test results, optimisation of sijaces and components, and t in,a1l r, the conclusions and recommendations.