How might low-income households build resilience against air pollution?
Low-income households in dense urban settlements bear an unequal impact from air pollution. In the context of biomass-based chulhas and waste burning practices, such households suffer from even higher concentrations of indoor pollution.
Madanpur Khadar is a dense, low-income settlement in Delhi’s southeast fringe, on the outskirts of Sarita Vihar and the Okhla industrial area — on the banks of River Yamuna. Our work in the settlement revealed the opportunity to reduce exposure to air pollution through improved living conditions within homes.