Sustainable housing solutions for flood prone areas: Case study of Kuttanad region, Kerala
Funding
- Tata Centre for Technology and Development, IIT Bombay
Principal Investigator
- NC Narayanan, IITB
Project Team
- Prof Sunilkumar V, CUSEC
- Rohit Joseph, IIT Bombay
- Vitasta Raina, IIT Bombay
- Nikhila Nelson, IIT Bombay
Project status
Closed
Project Objectives
- To build a framework of sustainable housing in the context of Kuttanad
- To understand the vulnerabilities of the region
- To codify the methods of housing construction
- To develop a framework for existing coping mechanisms
Project Outputs
Project focussed on the housing vulnerability to flood disasters of the BPL community in the region. The outputs included a contextual understanding of the various typologies of landforms and contextual recommendations for flood resilient house construction