The application of social indicators in the analysis of Zadar’s housing standard

This paper analyses the characteristics of the housing stock in the urban area of Zadar on the basis of social indicators. The theoretical framework of the paper encompasses a systematic review of the existing theoretical knowledge and empirical research on social indicators, as well as their application in studies of housing standards, the conceptual development of terms and the advancement of scientific cognition with regard to social indicators related to housing issues. The 39 variables available from the 2011 Census led to the formation of 9 social indicators. Said indicators have been displayed as representatives of the “external” characteristics of the housing standard, and later on categorized into composite indicators for further comparison. Areas with extremely low or high variations in housing standards were identified by means of comparison of the indicators. The second part of the paper presents the results of the survey conducted on the basis of 17 composite variables, which were formed with regard to two indicators. In addition to descriptive statistics, variance analysis and chi-squared tests were also used in order to identify the differences between housing quality zones with respect to Category A and Category B fit-outs, the results of which significantly contribute to the understanding of the housing standard. The spatial framework of the study is the settlement of Zadar, which is divided into 41 spatial statistical units, 22 local committees and 3 housing quality zones.

Micro Housing: Typological study and implementation in Malaysia

The micro-housing project introduced by Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) has received cynical rumours amongst the B40 income group due to its impracticality, thus suggesting that micro-housing standard is misinterpreted and simplified. As such, this paper intends to investigate the potentiality of ideal micro-housing that is suitable for the Malaysian context, specifically for the B40 community. Based on a bottom-up approach, this research divides into the micro and macro study. In the micro-study, the focus is specifically on the typological design of micro-housing. Hence this leads to a macro context, which developed the typological analysis in regards to the regional cultural influence. In thoroughly, from seven (7) international precedents, micro-housing can be formulated into four main typologies that include Box, Mobile, Machine, and Props type. These typologies incline towards two (2) cultural domains, namely Possession Domesticity, which demonstrates Westerners influence through technological advancement and Transience Domesticity that portrays Orientalist influenced by the mixture of practicality and human psychology. These attributes tested in three (3) local micro-housing projects that consist of two prototypes by local architect and a built micro-housing project by DBKL. The result shows that both prototypes are potentially ideal. However, DBKL’s built project demonstrated a minimal standard of appropriate micro-housing living. It founds that the lack of axiological human needs may lead to a degradation of values and behaviour. Thus, it significantly recommends that the projects reconsider of adapting the psychological needs for the betterment of its user’s living.Keywords: micro-living, adaptable housing typology, regional cultural study, psychological needseISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1934

Zieleń w Warszawskim Standardzie Mieszkaniowym

Warsaw Housing Standard version 1.2 (Warszawski Standard Mieszkaniowy - WSM 1.2) developed in 2018 by the City Council of Warsaw lists a nature, and a greenery as one of five priorities in urban investments. That is why it was so important to develop it using principles of the sustainable construction, including the needs of the residents’ community. The aim of the article was to verify the standard’s regulations on the background of processes of dwelling, as well as the changing aesthetic preferences of residents in the field of greenery and popular building and sustainable technology standards. The paper contains extensive quotations of WSM 1.2 and a comparison of indicators and research results. The material aimed characteristics of contemporary directions in landscaping in residential areas and its optimization (including free vegetation and residents’ grass-roots initiatives). The concept of EKOSPOT has also been widely discussed.

HOUSING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE: WHAT DO THEY NEED?

Across the world, people with disabilities, advocacy companies, key nonauthorities and government stakeholders are trying to find approaches to enhance housing assist preparations for the disabled people. In order to do so, the housing industry should be more adaptive to meet the demand of the people with special needs. The government also needs to plan for suitable housing policies for all groups of people. Housing is the central focus for human being including the disabled people and houses that follow housing standard for the disabled will improve their quality of life. The objective of this paper is to study the preferences in terms of price, location and design factors in owning a residential property among the disabled community in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. A survey questionnaires was distributed to 400 respondents of the disabled community. The survey focused on two categories of disability, which are the physical disability and visual impairment. The outcome of this study describes the preferences in owning a residential property in term of price, location and design of the property. Recommendation was then made on housing strategy in planning for the price, location and design of residential property for the disabled community in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

HOUSING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE: WHAT DO THEY NEED?

Across the world, people with disabilities, advocacy companies, key nonauthorities and government stakeholders are trying to find approaches to enhance housing assist preparations for the disabled people. In order to do so, the housing industry should be more adaptive to meet the demand of the people with special needs. The government also needs to plan for suitable housing policies for all groups of people. Housing is the central focus for human being including the disabled people and houses that follow housing standard for the disabled will improve their quality of life. The objective of this paper is to study the preferences in terms of price, location and design factors in owning a residential property among the disabled community in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. A survey questionnaires was distributed to 400 respondents of the disabled community. The survey focused on two categories of disability, which are the physical disability and visual impairment. The outcome of this study describes the preferences in owning a residential property in term of price, location and design of the property. Recommendation was then made on housing strategy in planning for the price, location and design of residential property for the disabled community in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

Assets, Gender, and Rural Livelihoods

In this chapter, cross-sectional data are used to assess changes in key assets and how this varies by sex of head of household using a regional perspective. Gender-based asset gaps vary regionally and also shift over time. Agricultural assets were generally biased against female farm managers. Changes in land size had a negative effect on female-managed farms (FMFs) when compared with male-managed farms. Gender biases with respect to land lie primarily in the size of cultivated areas, which is related to labour. The share of male labour is lower on FMFs. This is connected to smaller land sizes and lower use of particular irrigation techniques. Housing standard, consumer durables, and savings are less gender biased. Female farm managers in general command less male labour, and the land that they cultivate appears to be adjusted to their labour resources. Incomes generated by these households are invested in housing, consumer durables, and savings.