Housing Market and Transformation in Urban Villages, Bhopal

This thesis is majorly focuses on the situation of the urban villages of Bhopal. Urban villages have evolved and transformed over the period of time and still has intact culture and tradition of villages but developing themselves in the race of urbanization. The housing market in these urban villages of Bhopal is attracting majority classes of people to find an accommodation in the city. They are hubs for students, newly migrated, single working males and females and labor class. Urban villages plays very important role in the functioning of the city by providing the accommodation to the people of Bhopal as well as migrating people. The density of urban villages is much higher than other colonies and gradually increasing. Urban villages covered the 38.3% land of the Bhopal city but provide the accommodation to more than 60% of people. These urban villages are surviving and degrading due to the:
- Commercial activities in and around the settlements.
- Affordable and cheaper accommodation for everyone, providing housing for low-income group, single families and students.
- PG's for students and transformation of houses.
- Increase in density and multi-story constructions and thus lack of light and
- ventilation, open spaces, parking space, unhygienic conditions and increased load on infrastructure.
- Haphazard growth and unplanned settlements.
- Variety of people with different standards of living.
- Social interaction and sense of security.
- Developing slum like conditions.
- Role of small builders is increasing in sale and purchase and rental accommodations.
Urban growth in India has faced unpredicted pressure and urbanization marks its impact at every part of our environment. Increasing migration, major shifts to tertiary occupation and increasing stress on limited resources are some of the many challenges.