One gear triggers other and whole
machine gets activated.
Process
of urban development is spontaneous, sometimes sluggish sometimes fast but
always forward looking, if left on its own it will automatically morph and
mutate and expand, to cater, to accommodate, by utilizing whatever little or
more they have, by seeking and digging what and when they require. And we are
not talking about another Squatter!
Left
on its own city might sustain and prosper or it might entangle and be a mess, but
it will grow for sure, that’s how we have made our journey from jungle to
habitat spanning centuries. We need planning upfront today different from mud
house age since our needs have changed and so the externalities, otherwise
natural mutation of habitat or city should technically be sustainable a
phenomenon.
Development
has inertia of growth inbuilt we just don’t know in which direction, though we
really don’t have to push is so hard we have to just push it to keep it rolling
and have to give it a logical direction.
Upfront
capital being a key constraint in urban development sector, an example of mutating
self-sustaining habitat can be an additive model of shelter where you give only
that much of infrastructure which is basic but with provision of ample spatial
flexibility and assistance at disposal, and letting them build further on their
own, based on their capacities, choices and needs. Creating some rules to play
with and giving them an assistive hand when and where they require.
A
favorable environment, assistive and vigil governance and a scientific approach
are what we need to see this natural development phenomenon unfold and sustain.
