Urban Built Environment & Social Order: Life in Indian resettlement colonies
Authors: Azam, A., Rahiman VM, H.
Publication Date: 04/04/2024
Publisher: AlterNotes Press
Place of Publication: New Delhi
ISBN: 978-93-94213-05-0
Abstract:URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL ORDER: Life in Indian Resettlement Colonies' attempts to assess the built environment in relation to the social order of selected resettlement colonies in Delhi. Human being accelerated their interference with the natural environment by changing physical space, extracting some resources, modifying the landscape and building new structures to accommodate growing population. Built environment started replacing the natural environment. Social Order came from Social Norms. Social Order such as respect of life and dignity of individuals, helping each other and adherence to their social values and norms for better life experience in the locality became integral part of social lives in human settlements. To maintain social order people must be able to coordinate and cooperate to achieve a common goal. Co-existence of more people in a locality required well-structured social system i.e., proper co-ordination and co-operation among habitants to make the life in community run smoothly. The social order established for better social functioning is, generally, well maintained in localities with better amenities. On the other hand, social order tends to get weakened when built environment is poor or inadequate to meet needs of the people living in the area. The city pulls people from across the region, those who are unable to afford housing or fail to get a decent livelihood in the city have been settling under bridges, behind shopping complex, at the railway line and on vacant lands in the city. Deviance from this social order is called Social Disorder or deviant behaviour like abuses, vandalism, littering of public space. It is in this context; an attempt is being made to study the relation between the built environment and social order. More precisely, the book throws light on the relation between deficiency in built environment and the social disorder in the community using empirical data from the resettlement colonies in Delhi.
Source: Manual