Prospects of Low Cost Housing in India

Swaptik Chowdhury, Sangeeta Roy

School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, India.

DOI: 10.4236/gm.2013.32008                

Abstract

The paper presents work on low-cost and sustainable alternative building materials having advantages on areas such as India where concrete or steel housing is expensive. The project addresses the challenges and stereotypes of using these materials as a structural component for low-cost housing and their same capacity for adaptation to the broad spectrum of factors—physical, ecological, social, economic and technical—through different products developed which can dictate the production of the construction environment.

Keywords

Low-Cost Housing; Building Materials; Sustainability

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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