Summary:
A national conference on ‘Informal Settlements – Indian Cities; Impulses for Innovation in Architecture and Urban Planning Education’ was recently held in Coimbatore. A team of research scholars from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Vijayawada, has taken up a European Union (EU)-funded project –Building Inclusive Communities (BInUCom) – to effectively address the issue. The outcome of the study would be put in the public domain at a national conference proposed to be held at SPAV in February. more-inThe city is undergoing a massive transformation in view of the development of new capital, Amaravati, in its vicinity. Members of the research team include SPA’s Head of Architecture Department S.
Ramesh; HoD-Planning Mohamed Razak; associate professor in the Department of Planning Ayon Kumar Tarafdar; and assistant professor, Department of Architecture, D.
Srinivas..