abstract: 'Women''s involvement in decision-making in domestic energy remains an

  under-researched area, especially in the urban context. This research

  adopts a gendered perspective in exploring slum rehabilitation housing

  in India. Based on a household survey and a focus group discussion

  (FGD), women''s household and working practices are explored in interview

  narratives and systems analysis. The findings show that the relocation

  to slum rehabilitation housing (SRH) has radically changed women''s

  household routines (cooking, comfort, childrearing, working and

  entertainment practices) and that women are more affected by the

  relocation than men. Changed practices, poor design of SRH and lack of

  outdoor space have radically increased electricity use and living costs

  in all the surveyed households. The economic pressure forces women into

  lowly paid jobs or informal economy, creating a vicious circle where

  women''s time poverty further reduces their social capital and

  opportunities for self-development in terms of education or formal

  employment. A comparison of SRH typologies shows that building design

  has great influence both on gendered use of space and electricity use,

  advocating a courtyard typology. Further, interviews with policy-makers

  reveal a dis-juncture between the occupant realities and the policy

  objectives. The paper argues that gender equality can and should be

  influenced through energy and housing policies and offers a conceptual

  framework for inclusive SRH to address this dis-juncture.'
affiliation: 'Sunikka-Blank, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Cambridge, Dept Architecture,
  1-5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX, England.

  Sunikka-Blank, Minna; Haque, Anika Nasra, Univ Cambridge, Dept Architecture, 1-5
  Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX, England.

  Bardhan, Ronita, IIT B, Ctr Urban Sci \& Engn, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India.

  Bardhan, Ronita, Univ Cambridge, CRASSH, Cambridge CB3 9DT, England.'
author: Sunikka-Blank, Minna and Bardhan, Ronita and Haque, Anika Nasra
author-email: 'mms45@cam.ac.uk

  ronita.bardhan@iitb.ac.in

  anh31@cam.ac.uk'
author_list:
- family: Sunikka-Blank
  given: Minna
- family: Bardhan
  given: Ronita
- family: Haque
  given: Anika Nasra
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.10.020
eissn: 2214-6326
files: []
issn: 2214-6296
journal: ENERGY RESEARCH \& SOCIAL SCIENCE
keywords: 'Slum rehabilitation housing; Gender; Domestic energy use; Inequality;

  Design'
keywords-plus: SON PREFERENCE; CONSUMPTION; TIME; WOMEN; POOR; WORK
language: English
month: MAR
number-of-cited-references: '71'
orcid-numbers: 'Bardhan, Ronita/0000-0001-5336-4084

  Bardhan, Ronita/0000-0001-5336-4084

  Haque, Anika Nasra/0000-0002-0717-376X'
pages: 53-67
papis_id: 2abc24a0b49192aac0c64f3f074c80a2
ref: Sunikkablank2019genderdomestic
researcherid-numbers: 'Bardhan, Ronita/Q-7316-2019

  Bardhan, Ronita/AAG-3032-2020

  Haque, Anika Nasra/AAU-8305-2020'
times-cited: '51'
title: 'Gender, domestic energy and design of inclusive low-income habitats: A case
  of slum rehabilitation housing in Mumbai, India'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000460444100007
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '29'
volume: '49'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies
year: '2019'