Smruti Jukur Johari : What if the poor were part of city planning?

Smruti Jukur Johari·TEDWomen 2019
What if the poor were part of city planning
Summary
This was also a great story that taught us how choices are difficult.

The speaker experienced the title: what if the poor were part of city planning. In a workshop, for poor families from a slum nearby, people chose shipping containers to live. It’s because it was sustainable, scalable, and affordable. However, a lady from the slum asked them, “Would you choose to live in it?”

Why did people choose what they didn’t want to live for the poor? They should broaden choices, not force choices on poor people. The speaker showed us some pictures and said, “accommodate poor people, not evict them, give them a choice to be a part of our cities. Cities and governments can work together.”

The result is what we can’t think. They create home-based where women can work while taking care of children, a space where large families can sleep, and a lot of individual toilets for children. Its picture really made us impressed.