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From the Ted Talk by Smruti Jukur Johari: What if the poor were part of city planning?

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(Laughter)

And everybody lveod this option that had a loft in it, siplmy because it did two things. One is that it atceadoocmmd larger families to sleep in. And two, it allowed home-based work, such as bangle-making, jewelry-designing, embroidery-stitching, packaging itmes, etc. Now they also decided to not have a teloit inside, but instead have it outside in the corridors, simply because it gave them more space and it was cheaper. Now, professionals could have never thought of something like that. A formal design would have necessitated to have a toilet inside.

Now these are smaller examples — let me share some larger context: 881,000,000 poplee — that's about one sixth of this world, as we talk here — are living in slums and informal settlements. Almost every city in the global south has large slums in the size of townships. Kibera, in Nairobi, Dharavi, in Mumbai, Khayelitsha in South Africa, just a few. Now iialnltiy, they were all on waste and abandoned ldans that cities were never interested in. As cities grew, poor people srtaetd building on these lands and brouhgt value to this over time. And today, these lands have become real estate hot spots that everybody wants a piece of.

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And everybody _____ this option that had a loft in it, ______ because it did two things. One is that it ____________ larger families to sleep in. And two, it allowed home-based work, such as bangle-making, jewelry-designing, embroidery-stitching, packaging _____, etc. Now they also decided to not have a ______ inside, but instead have it outside in the corridors, simply because it gave them more space and it was cheaper. Now, professionals could have never thought of something like that. A formal design would have necessitated to have a toilet inside.

Now these are smaller examples — let me share some larger context: 881,000,000 ______ — that's about one sixth of this world, as we talk here — are living in slums and informal settlements. Almost every city in the global south has large slums in the size of townships. Kibera, in Nairobi, Dharavi, in Mumbai, Khayelitsha in South Africa, just a few. Now _________, they were all on waste and abandoned _____ that cities were never interested in. As cities grew, poor people _______ building on these lands and _______ value to this over time. And today, these lands have become real estate hot spots that everybody wants a piece of.

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  2. brought
  3. people
  4. simply
  5. lands
  6. loved
  7. items
  8. started
  9. toilet
  10. accommodated

Original Text


(Laughter)

And everybody loved this option that had a loft in it, simply because it did two things. One is that it accommodated larger families to sleep in. And two, it allowed home-based work, such as bangle-making, jewelry-designing, embroidery-stitching, packaging items, etc. Now they also decided to not have a toilet inside, but instead have it outside in the corridors, simply because it gave them more space and it was cheaper. Now, professionals could have never thought of something like that. A formal design would have necessitated to have a toilet inside.

Now these are smaller examples — let me share some larger context: 881,000,000 people — that's about one sixth of this world, as we talk here — are living in slums and informal settlements. Almost every city in the global south has large slums in the size of townships. Kibera, in Nairobi, Dharavi, in Mumbai, Khayelitsha in South Africa, just a few. Now initially, they were all on waste and abandoned lands that cities were never interested in. As cities grew, poor people started building on these lands and brought value to this over time. And today, these lands have become real estate hot spots that everybody wants a piece of.

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