Eco-Neighborhoods and Housing Innovation

March
16
2011
When one size doesn't fit all... we discuss urban planning to fit residents' lifestyles. Courtesy of Dhiru Thadani.

Can housing be both affordable and environmentally sustainable? Can housing design integrate social classes and account for the needs of communities?

Every year the Building and Social Housing Foundation gives a World Habitat Award to innovators in housing. One of the 2010 winners was Ekostaden Augustenborg (Ekostaden means ‘eco-neighborhood’) in Malmo, Sweden, an area that is home to a large immigrant community, including many Iraqi refugees. Trevor Graham is the head of Sustainable Lifestyles and Consumer Affairs for the city of Malmo.

Throughout the discussion we hear from:

Celine D’Cruz, Shack and Slum Dwellers International

Eric Tars, Human Rights Program Director the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

Dhiru Thadani, architect and urban planner, board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, author of The Language of Towns and Cities: A Visual Dictionary.

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