Harmonising middle-class aspirations for low-carbon housing: contextual study of Mysore, India

Basavapatna Kumaraswamy, Satish and Brennan, John 2010. Harmonising middle-class aspirations for low-carbon housing: contextual study of Mysore, India. Presented at: International conference: Sustainable Architecture & Urban Design, Penang, 3rd - 4th March 2010. Proceedings of 1st international conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design 2010. pp. 880-887.

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Abstract

Economic Globalization is enabling India to reinvent itself as a crucible for development, and provides previously unrealized opportunities for economic transformation catering to a fast growing middle-class. The relationship between affluence and consumption makes it implicit that the Indian middle-classes have a crucial role to play in the process of sustainable development. It is proposed that the Brundtland definition of sustainable development, conflicts with a self-centered consumerism that often characterizes rapid economic development. The consumption patterns and aspirations of some middleclass sectors are contradictory to many principles of low carbon housing design. This paper explores the challenges and opportunities in the development of low-carbon housing with relation to the growth of the middle classes in the city of Mysore. Whilst accommodating the inevitable impacts and realities of economic development, this paper intends to trace the interwoven fabric of local, social, cultural, and climatic responsive housing in Mysore, and its contribution to a strategy of appropriate and effective design frameworks for low carbon housing.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 February 2023
Date of Acceptance:	2010
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2023 10:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/157317

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