Subject(s): Decentralisation -- Rural Habitat -- Proceedings -- Concept of rural habitat, decentralization and rural habitat and mainstreaming gender in rural habitat : Panchayati raj and rural habitat- prospects and possibilities lessons from Kerala -- Potential and possibilities of indigenous and cost effective and environmental friendly technologies : Technological issues in rural habitat, using earth as a building material, COSTFORD- sustainability in architecture, possibilities of CEEF technology in rural habitat, solid waste management technologies applicable to rural habitat, bamboo for affordable green housing, environmental issues in rural habitat development -- Financing and support interventions in rural habitat : Issues in rural housing, provision of urban amenities in rural areas -PURA, systematic aggregation and collaboration in supporting frameworks for rural habitat programs, bhavanasree- micro finance based housing project for poor, finance for rural housing habitat development - issues initiatives and opportunities