Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for Smart Villages

Hemanta Doloi is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr Doloi is the founding director of the Smart Villages Lab (SVL) and the lead investigator of the Smart Villages Project, sponsored by the Government of Assam, India, for developing solutions on affordable housing and infrastructure systems. Ray Green is a professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Coastal Towns in Transition (2010) and co-author of The Green City: Sustainable Homes, Sustainable Suburbs (2005). His research has been published in urban planning, landscape architecture and environmental psychology journals.Sally Donovan is a research fellow with the Smart Villages Lab in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr Donovan has over ten years’ experience researching environmental management and environmental policy development.

• Chapter 1. Introduction Rural Settlements What is a Smart Village? Millennium Development Goals Making a Smart Village Chapter 2. Income Generation Introduction Businesses around Agriculture Non-Timber Forest Products Ecotourism Financing opportunities Recommendations for best practise Chapter 3. Education and Skills Development Introduction Providing a classroom experience Maintaining attendance Achieving educational attainment ICT and libraries Adult Education Reducing conflict through education Recommendations for best practise Chapter 4. Agriculture Introduction Crop Management Livestock management Recommendations for best practise Chapter 5. Housing Introduction Rural house and climatic responsiveness Building Designs Changes over time Smart Villages Recommendations for best practise Chapter 6. Energy Introduction Electricity Microgrid technology options Hybrid systems Electrical Energy Storage Recommendations for best practise Chapter 7. Waste Introduction Composting Anaerobic Digestion Recommendations for Best Practice Chapter 8. Water and Sanitation Introduction Provision of potable water Sanitation facilities Treatment of wastewater Balancing water resources Recommendations for best practise Chapter 9. Transportation Introduction Road infrastructure development Road maintenance Beyond roads: completing the picture of transport infrastructure Recommendations for best practise Chapter 10. Health and Wellbeing Introduction Foodborne illness Prevention and treatment of communicable diseases Access to health care Emergency response Recommendations for best practise Chapter 11. Environment Introduction What is Biodiversity and why does it matter? Can biodiversity loss be reversed? Forest preservation Permaculture Environmentally Friendly Energy? Recommendations for best practise Chapter 12. Governance Introduction Giving citizens a meaningful voice Government community partnerships/ local leadership Communication between governments and citizens Intergovernmental Communication The role of NGOs

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