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Mongolia's capital city of Ulaanbaatar is growing quickly, with the number of people living in urban areas in the country increasing from 58% in 1990 to nearly 70% in 2016, Phys.org reports.
Many of those residents live in what are known as "ger areas," areas that lack basic services such as plumbing, electricity, and clean water.
"The lack of medical resources combined with astronomical levels of pollution and food insecurity pose a threat to all residents, but young children and pregnant women in particular," says Daria Azbayar, a social innovation lead for GerHub, a nonprofit that works with residents of Songinokhairkhan, the fastest-growing ger district in Ulaanbaatar.
About half of the district's residents live in traditional gers, structures made of organic materials like wood and thick fabric.
Azbayar says residents were initially reluctant to participate in events hosted by the Ger Innovation Hub, a community center designed to replicate the traditional structure of a ger.
The center borrows structural elements from the ger design but substitutes cloth for polycarbonate sheets that can expand and contract in extreme temperatures without breaking.
The sheets also enable natural light to enter the space, minimizing the need for electricity.
The center is designed to maximize energy efficiency by trapping heat within
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