Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

Iot in smart cities

The Role of IoT in Smart Cities

The Role of IoT in Smart Cities The high growth of industry and business means that urban centers need to become intelligent, moresustainable, and better. Smart Cities use ICT technology to enhance the q...

psychological health

Affordable Housing and Psychological Health Benefits

Affordable Housing and Psychological Health Benefits Access to reasonable housing is not just a query of housing; it is mental happiness too. Safe and affordable homes provide bases for stable, protected...

social equity

Affordable Housing and Social Equity: Building Inclusive Communities

Affordable Housing and Social Equity: Building Inclusive Communities In today’s fast-urbanizing world, accessibility to affordable housing is a serious concern such that it can no longer be considered ...

remote work

How Remote Work is Changing Affordable Housing Needs

How Remote Work is Changing Affordable Housing Needs The rise of remote work has completely transformed the way people live and work, completely rewriting the book on housing and urban development. Flexi...

upzoning

Upzoning: What It Means for Affordable Housing

Upzoning: What It Means for Affordable Housing As cities are facing growing numbers of people, housing shortages, and rents skyrocketing, upzoning is being mentioned in most debates pertaining to urban plann...

affordable housing ngos

The Role of Affordable Housing NGOs

The Role of Affordable Housing NGOs At present, hundreds of millions of people remain without shelter and millions more live in substandard housing. Promisingly, Affordable Housing NGOs have an immense r...

co-living spaces

The Future of Co-Living Spaces in Affordable Housing

The Future of Co-Living Spaces in Affordable Housing In the current world, where the prices of houses have required due to increased urbanization, co-living spaces are proving to be the solution to affordabl...

retrofitting

Retrofitting Old Homes to Make Them Affordable: A Practical Solution for Modern Challenges

Retrofitting Old Homes to Make Them Affordable: A Practical Solution for Modern Challenges To meet consumer needs and desires for affordable and sustainable homes, new methods in home construction have impli...

Mixed-Use Developments

Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Buildings: A Path to Affordable Housing

Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Buildings: A Path to Affordable Housing Given the increased challenges in housing delivery, the conversion of abandoned facility has become a sustainable and affordable approach to p...

urban sprawl

What is Urban Sprawl: Causes and Impacts

What is Urban Sprawl: Causes and Impacts Suburban sprawl is a generally known as urban sprawl and is defined as growth of urban regions throughout rural or semi-urban regions. This pattern of development...

gentrification

What is Gentrification: A Double-Edged Sword

What is Gentrification: A Double-Edged Sword Gentrification refers to the progressive revitalization of inner city or urban districts previously considered underdeveloped by middle income earners, businesses...

what is smart city

What is Smart City: The Intersection of Technology and Urban Living

What is Smart City: The Intersection of Technology and Urban Living According to many scholars, a smart city can be defined as an urban center which is able to make efficient use of new technologies, data and ...

environmental gentrification

What is Environmental Gentrification: When Green Meets Inequality

What is Environmental Gentrification: When Green Meets Inequality Environmental gentrification can be explained as a way through which conscience urban changes like green areas, parks, sustainable energies o...

suburban sprawl

The Hidden Cost of Suburban Sprawl: A Housing Inequality Perspective

The Hidden Cost of Suburban Sprawl: A Housing Inequality Perspective Suburban sprawl is a rapid outward growth of cities accompanied by a low population density of the extending territory, the latter being a...

gentrification challenges

Addressing Gentrification Challenges: Strategies for Equitable Urban Development

Addressing Gentrification Challenges: Strategies for Equitable Urban Development Gentrification refers to a current urban development process that is socially sensitive and whereby urban outer areas undergo ...

benefits of gentrification

Social Costs vs. Economic Benefits of Gentrification

Social Costs vs. Economic Benefits of Gentrification Gentrification is a multifaceted social process that alters the conditions and make up of urban communities through processes such as; migration of upscal...

housing inequality

Addressing Housing Inequality: The Role of Local Governments

Addressing Housing Inequality: The Role of Local Governments Another feature of housing is it’s inequal distribution which intensifies socio-economic differentiation of a locality. It comes out of societ...

slum upgradation

The Economics of Slum Upgradation Programs

The Economics of Slum Upgradation Programs Because slums are the closest people can get to ‘the city dream,’ they are a reality that characterizes global urbanization and hosts millions of the world’s popula...

slums vs informal settlements

Slums vs Informal Settlements: What’s the Difference?

Slums vs Informal Settlements: What’s the Difference? It is common to use slum and informal settlement interchangeably within the context of policies by governments and agencies for urban development a...

types of houses in india

Exploring Different Types of Houses in India

Exploring Different Types of Houses in India India, famous for its cultural and geographical split and division, has a great deal to offer in terms of housing scenario as well. The types of houses in Ind...

Urbanization in Pakistan

Urbanization in Pakistan: Reasons and Consequences

Urbanization in Pakistan: Reasons and Consequences Pro-urbanization has also been on the rise in Pakistan which had seen the size of the population shifting from rural areas to urban areas over the past deca...