With an economic structure that can be seen as organic i cant help but feel that planning would would develop organically. Organic planing has its positives but also has certain flaws. After looking at Dharavi in Mumbai it is evident that the slums that developed organically has suffered in infrastructure leading to extremely poor sanitation but has also developed to allow for a high employment rate, strong sense of community and a high percentage of people with shelter. While there is a laot of improvement to be made to living standards certain essence to how they should not be overlooked.
"Dharavi, a Mumbai slum where 600,000 residents are crammed into 520 acres, contains the attributes for environmentally and socially sustainable settlements for the world's increasingly urban population, he said. The district's use of local materials, its walkable neighbourhoods, and mix of employment and housing add up to "an underlying intuitive grammar of design that is totally absent from the faceless slab blocks that are still being built around the world to 'warehouse' the poor". (Robert Booth The Guardian, 2009)
If Woodfordia developed organically with critical infrastructure what will it look like?
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