Phase 4: Development and piloting of the framework Development and piloting of the framework is presented the Results and Discussions section. Results and Discussions RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS QUESTIONS OBJECTIVES FINDINGS Why do state To identify the key Housing needs to be ‘Commodification’ sponsored houses bottlenecks in trends and minimal redefined as a fare poorly with accessing resilient owner control / lack and not ‘process’ regard to disaster housing by the poor of choices result in simply the creation / risk? in India. poor quality and delivery of a product unsafe buildings at a given cost. High quality of With the homeowner individual in the centre, components such as upstream and use of good quality downstream material or processes – deployment of institutional as well / as markets, need to ‘experienced’ trained artisans for work in tandem so construction, by that disaster resilient themselves, have houses can be little impact on the created durability of the house and its performance in the face of disasters. What needs to To map the rural The process of change for state housing ecosystem housing as a The homeowner has sponsored houses to through a case study The to be positioned as ‘system’. perform better? approach and interaction between the prime mover of document the the parts of the the housing process. current attributes system is a critical Homeowners need to and factor that influences be empowered to the quality of the plan, make choices between final output of the with regard to design stakeholders system. Three most and technology important critical options. They need leverage points lie in access to markets the interaction where tested between the people alternate materials and artisans, people and technologies can and policy makers, be sourced from. In and between people addition, they need
Phase 4: Development and piloting of the framework Development and piloting of the framework is presented the Results and Discussions section. Results and Discussions RESEARCH QUESTIONS RESEARCH OBJECTIVES RESEARCH FINDINGS IMPLICATIONS Why do state sponsored houses fare poorly with regard to disaster risk? To identify the key bottlenecks in accessing resilient housing by the poor in India. ‘Commodification’ trends and minimal owner control / lack of choices result in poor quality and unsafe buildings High quality of individual components such as use of good quality material or deployment of ‘experienced’ / trained artisans for construction, by themselves, have little impact on the durability of the house and its performance in the face of disasters. Housing needs to be redefined as a ‘process’ and not simply the creation / delivery of a product at a given cost. With the homeowner in the centre, upstream and downstream processes – institutional as well as markets, need to work in tandem so that disaster resilient houses can be created What needs to change for state sponsored houses to perform better? To map the rural housing ecosystem through a case study approach and document the current attributes and between stakeholders The process of housing as a ‘system’. The interaction between the parts of the system is a critical factor that influences the quality of the final output of the system. Three most important critical leverage points lie in the interaction between the people and artisans, people and policy makers, and between people The homeowner has to be positioned as the prime mover of the housing process. Homeowners need to be empowered to plan, make choices with regard to design and technology options. They need access to markets where tested alternate materials and technologies can be sourced from. In addition, they need