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Sustanability is defined as....
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.   Now the concept in itself includes a whole range of practices required to build a sustainable habitat. mentioned below are a few...


SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
"Architecture is the design of the built world around us, ranging from urban design and rural landscape to interior design and furniture.Architecture can enhance the quality of life in modest ways - through  interior design and use of materials - or on a large scale through the renewal of inner cities and care of  the rural environment.A sense of responsibility towards the environment provokes a questioning of  how buildings are designed, constructed and used."                           school of architecture & the built environment university of westminister.
Environmental Sustainable Architecture
 Buildings, not cars, are the major damagers of the Earth. We just don't see it, except maybe from the chimneys of an older city on a cold Winter day.
The basic goal of Environmental Architecture is simple: attractive, comfortable, affordable shelter that does no harm to the Earth in its manufacture, or its use.
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VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE    
Using Local Building Material & Technology .

 Architecture that reflects the Customs of the place.  

Vaastu principles as a guide to building climate appropriate  buildings. 
 BIO CLIMATIC BUILDINGS            
Climate Responsive-Construction in accordance with the geographical climate.
Using  Local Materials is most appropriate.                                
Green Architecture

                                                                          
BUILDING MATERIALS                     
Non-polluting  building materials.
 
 LOW COST HOUSING                  
Reducing costs by using Local Materials.             
 
 

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URBAN AGRICULTURE

Agricultural production, processing, and distribution activities within and around cities and towns,  whose main motivation is personal consumption and/or income generation, and which compete for scarce urban resources of land, water, energy, and labor that are in demand for other urban activities.

The absolute and relative growth in urban poverty and malnutrition raises two important issues.
First, there is a clear link with food insecurity among urban populations. Studies have shown a
link between the growth in underweight children in urban families and the inability of their
families to purchase food. Second, there is evidence that instability in the urban labor market and its vulnerability to economic shocks directly impact on poverty. 

Urban agriculture has the potential to make an important positive contribution to both urban food security as well as urban employment. [C.ELDOC.6009214]

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SLUM ARCHITECTURE and  SLUM DEVELOPMENT

What can we do with a slum?
 By Laurie Baker

A great deal. We can "recycle" it; that is to say, we can build at the same site low-cost structures that accommodate an equal number of persons, and provide plenty of open space and other facilities.
Inside a pavement dwelling in Mumbai, a family sorts paper that will be recycled.
Slum-dwellers should not be evicted and be forced to put up slums elsewhere. In their own way, they provide a valuable service by cleaning away waste and recycling some of the material.
A slum must not just be patched up and it must not be pushed to another waste place to become
another slum.
A slum must not be converted into a cement block replica, identical in planning and 'services' to the old original slum. A slum should not be converted into identical uniform units placed in
straight rows.
Vertical tenements are neither practical (on considerations of water supply, sanitation and so on) nor acceptable. We should have learned that lesson from our chawls! [C.ELDOC.1071996]
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DEMOLITIONS                            
ORGANISATIONS
Organisation working towards improving the conditions in and around slums.
SPARC
Mahila milan
NSDF

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ECOLOGICAL  TOURISM

Is Tourism Promoted as Eco-Tourism

The Greenwashing Of The Travel Industry

Many large industries are using greenwashing techniques to sell themselves these days and the tourism industry is no exception.  Knowing the difference between "real" ecotourism and marketing hype can often be confusing.  This article can help disperse the smoke screen and is based on excerpts from Martha Honey's excellent book "Ecotourism and Sustainable Development".  A highly recommended read for anyone interested in the controversial issues surrounding ecotourism. [C.ELDOC.6009437]
       Tourism and Indigenous people

Globalization, Tourism & Indigenous Peoples: What You Should Know About the World's Largest "Industry"
by Lee Pera and Deborah McLaren

However, tourism's supposed benefits (generation of employment, development of infrastructure, etc.) have not "trickled down" or benefited Indigenous Peoples. The destructiveness of the tourism industry (environmental pollution and enormous waste management problems, displacement from lands, human rights abuses, unfair labor and wages, commodification of cultures, etc.) has brought great harm to many Indigenous Peoples and communities around the world. [C.ELDOC.6009434 ]
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