Maanasa was born and brought up in Chennai and she has a deep passion for developing her own city to be sustainable and inclusiveChennais third master plan is part of the Tamil Nadu Housing and Habitat Development Project TNHHDP a World Bank-financed initiative of the state governmentChennais master plan gives the city a chance to plan for future disasters and the citys envisioned growthCurrently only 5 per cent area of the master plan looks at sustainable development models by using a holistic view of the demands and limitationsMaanasas inputs for Chennais third master plan are Beyond the sharing of ideas Chennais master planning committee must devise design strategies on how the publics priorities will be selected and how people will assist in that selectionCity Designer Maanasa Sivashankar Co-founded Peoples Design Co and can be contacted via email at peoplesdesigncollabgmailcom
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