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Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have heavily impacted communities living in informal settings, usually at large cities’ urban fringes. This investigation is a case study on urban improvements and disaster risk reduction actions in a vulnerable community on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal, and the slums of Bhopal, India. Observations, technical and social surveys, and dialogues with families about their efforts to deal with natural and biological hazards revealed local creative solutions to improve indoor air quality and upgrade outdoor spaces to deal with the risk of flooding and virus contamination. The conclusions highlight disaster risk community-based actions adopted by the local communities and point to architects’ role in assisting households in such aided self-help processes.
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CIAUD, the research center of the Lisbon School of Architecture of the University of Lisbon and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (funding); Members of the Raízes de Santa Marta Association (Irina, Alice, Ana, Cleice and Josias) and the Housing Division of the Municipality of Seixal (Dr Alexandra Arnault) who shared the used data; Centre for Urban Governance, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, Bhopal, India; Department of Architecture and Planning, MANIT, Bhopal, India; Architect Sanjeev Kumar and Engineer Shantanu Singh, PhD Scholars, Department of Architecture and Planning, MANIT, Bhopal, India.
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Nuno Martins, A., Puriya, A., Dhote, K.K. (2024). Architecture and Incremental Housing in Climatic and Pandemic Crisis in Lisbon and Bhopal Informal Settings. In: Nuno Martins, A., Mendoza-Arroyo, C., Hobeica, L., León, J., Hobeica, A. (eds) Beyond Houses. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61403-3_9
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