Site analysis Housing typologies Most of the site is organically settled by private unauthorized ownership and JJ clusters. Due to planned development Nizamuddin residential colony and Siddharth Nagar is in contrast to Sarai Kale Khan village. (3.1) On account of Lal Dora norms the settlement appears free from the city’s development controls. An onslaught of development pressures in the absence of development controls have allowed addition of an incessant number of floors, affecting light and ventilation conditions.
3.1 Housing typologies
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Income groups Annual household income data, which is an aggregate of expenditure and savings data, of number of households in six income brackets for the year 2004 were obtained from Indicus’ data repository. The four income brackets are – • < Rs. 75,000 (or, < Rs.0.75 lakh) or Rs.75,001- Rs.300,000 (or, Rs.1.5 lakh – Rs.3 lakh) • Rs.300,001 - Rs. 500,000 (or, Rs.3 lakh – Rs.5 lakh) • Rs.500,001 - Rs.1,000,000 (or, Rs.5 lakh – Rs.10 lakh) • > Rs.1,000,000 (or, > Rs.10 lakh) The numbers of households in the first two income brackets (< Rs.0.75 lakh, Rs.0.75 lakh – Rs.3 lakh) were added up and classified as population belonging to the ‘lower’ income group. The next income bracket (Rs.3 lakh – Rs.5 lakh, Rs.5 lakh – Rs.10 lakh) were classified as ‘middle’ income group, and > Rs.10 lakh was classified as the ‘upper’ income group. (3.2)
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