The Failure of Participatory Design in the Government Housing Provision Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Joko Adianto ◽  
Rossa Turpuk Gabe ◽  
Antony Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
The Government ◽  
Provision Program

scholarly journals MODUL UNIT KARANTINA PORTABLE SEBAGAI FASILITAS PEMBANTU RUANG ISOLASI DARURAT DI LINGKUNGAN KAMPUNG PADAT PENDUDUK

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Yusuf Ariyanto ◽  
Wira Widjaya Lindarto ◽  
Dyah Kusuma Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Isolation Room ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Government

The capacity of the isolation room at the hospital appointed by the Government to treat Covid-19 patients is no longer able to accommodate the positive Covid-19 patients. Positive Covid-19 patients with no symptoms or other signs of worsening physical conditions are advised to do self-quarantine and isolation independently. This self-quarantine/isolation becomes a problem especially in densely populated settlements, especially informal settlements. The case study on this community service activity is an informal settlement located along the Surabaya railroad. Together with the Surabaya ARKOM team as partners, this community service activity conducting field observations with the results that there are still many poor house conditions in this area, the conditions of the houses are tight and not fulfilled the standards of a healthy house, which causes a larger potential spread of Covid-19 virus and makes it impossible to carry out self-isolation in their each homes. The solution offered is to create a communal isolation room module as an emergency isolation room for informal village communities during a pandemic or can be used in other certain emergency conditions with a participatory design method that meets health standards for isolation rooms designed with the easy and fast module applications process. The purpose of this activity is to provide a set of modules for communal quarantine units as prototypes that can be made by the community with a simple system, easily available materials, fast and prioritizing community participation in its assembling.   Abstrak: Kapasitas ruang isolasi di Rumah Sakit yang ditunjuk Pemerintah untuk merawat pasien Covid-19 sudah tak mampu menampung membeludaknya pasien positif Covid-19. Pasien positif Covid-19 yang belum mengalami atau bahkan yang tidak menunjukkan gejala penurunan kondisi fisik, dianjurkan untuk melakukan karantina dan perawatan secara mandiri. Karantina secara mandiri ini menjadi tantangan tersendiri untuk permukiman padat penduduk, terutama permukiman informal. Menjadi studi kasus pada kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah permukiman informal yang berada di tepi kereta api. Bersama tim ARKOM Surabaya sebagai mitra melakukan observasi lapangan dengan hasil menunjukkan bahwa kondisi rumah yang memprihatinkan masih banyak terdapat di area ini, kondisi rumah berdempetan dan tidak sesuai standar rumah sehat inilah yang menyebabkan potensi besar penularan Covid-19 dan tidak memungkinkan untuk melakukan isolasi mandiri di rumah masing-masing. Solusi yang ditawarkan adalah membuat modul ruang karantina komunal sebagai ruang karantina darurat bagi masyarakat kampung informal pada masa pandemi atau kondisi darurat tertentu dengan metode desain partisipatif yang memenuhi standar kesehatan untuk sebuah ruang karantina yang didesain dengan proses aplikasi modul yang mudah, murah dan cepat. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah memberikan modul unit karantina komunal sebagai prototype yang dapat dibuat sendiri oleh masing-masing kampung padat penduduk dengan sistem yang sederhana (portable), material mudah didapat, cepat dan mengedepankan usaha partisipatif masyarakat dalam pembuatannya.

scholarly journals THE POLYVOCALITY IN ACTION: EMBODYING THE EPIPHANY ON PUBLIC HOUSING CONUNDRUM

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1396-1417
Author(s):  
Resi Ariyasa Qadri ◽  
Amrie Firmansyah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Purpose of the study: This paper aims to elaborate on how the institutional logic of public housing provision transforms from the old logic into the new logic. By encapsulating tacit-knowledge from the shift, this study focuses on how to explicate a model of multi-criteria decision-making for executing official residence projects in Indonesia. This research also aims to recuperate the future of the public residency field. Methodology: The methodology employed was a mixed method. The qualitative method was firstly applied by utilizing semi-structured interviews to build a decision-making model. Later, a quantitative method was implemented to improve the consistency of the model by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process protocols. Thirteen project representatives and ten decision-makers were being involved as the main informants. Google Sheets web-based software was applied for analyzing survey results by making use of a mathematical model for the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Main Findings: The result indicates that land not used as paddy field, fair house price, safe from flood location, serene ambiance, and developer experience has played a significant part in affecting buying decisions for residency projects. To carry out the new method, the total scores of the AHP calculation should be above 50. Otherwise, the government shall opt for the old mechanism. Applications of this study: The paper contributes to the public sector accounting field in the area of asset management and public housing procurement. The paper also gives a strong basis for the field to make use of the model of Indonesia's public housing provision. The government can adopt the research framework for choosing the new model or the old one. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study might be the only one of its kind. The research was using a multi-method to achieve the objectives. To generate a multi-criteria decision-making model, grounded data of excessive interviews were abstracted. Then the abstracted tacit-knowledge was tested with AHP to provide a consistent model.

scholarly journals COMBATING SQUATTERS IN MALAYSIA: DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE POLICIES AS INSTRUMENT?

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusfida Ayu Abdullah ◽  
Julieven Nonoi Kuek ◽  
Hazlina Hamdan ◽  
Farrah Lyana Mohd Zulkifli
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Low Cost Housing ◽  
The Government

The year 2014 had witnessed the scenario where most of the states in Malaysia pledged to declare themselves as Zero Squatter state. Thus far, most of the states in Malaysia are still striving to achieve the goal. The government has therefore aspires to reach the target by the year 2020. The Malaysian government under its 5-years National Plan has since introduced the low, medium and high cost housing categories. The housing policy was therefore designed to provide the public of all income levels, particularly the low-income groups, with affordable housing as part of an effort to eradicate squatters. However, despite the various policies, the number of squatter families remains large, especially in the urban areas. This paper therefore, intends to examine the instruments put forward by the government to eliminate squatters and assess the roles of related parties assigned to achieve the government’s mission. Through a qualitative approach, results demonstrated that Malaysia has various types of polices and guidance at both the federal and state levels in relation to low-cost housing provision. These would have supposed to help reduce the number of squatters in the country. However, to date, Malaysia is still experiencing problems with squatters. This calls for further investigation.

Sustaining community infrastructure through community-based governance (the social practice of collective design policy)

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Job Taiwo Gbadegesin ◽  
Samson Ojekalu ◽  
Taiwo Frances Gbadegesin ◽  
Markson Opeyemi Komolafe
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Community Protection ◽  
The Government

PurposeThis paper empirically provides information on community-driven infrastructure provision through the collective efforts of community-based organizations (CBOs). It offers an insight into emerging events on community-based infrastructure procurement, scholarship and, creating gaps for new frontiers of knowledge on community development research agenda in the emerging economies.Design/methodology/approachIt is drawn upon community-based associations, herein referred to as landlords-landladies community association (LLCAs) – representatives of households in the communities. After interviewing the key members of the groups, we administered copies of the semi-structured questionnaire randomly on the enumerated regular members of sampled seventeen LLCAs. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.FindingsPlanning for a sustainable community, protection and security necessity and Government inadequate attention on emerging communities over the years are the main reasons for the joint decision. Electrification, drainage and road top the lists of the projects executed. Major challenges included diversity and inclusiveness. Development projects' design, execution and commission contribute to performance. Also, LLCAs' clarity of duties and purposes and tenure/duration of officials contribute to the overall membership satisfaction on governance structure and leadership.Research limitations/implicationsIt is limited to the specific reasons for collective efforts, challenges of the participatory movement, membership satisfaction on governance and infrastructure recently procured in the communities. Frontier of studies should be extended to enabling factors.Practical implicationsFindings from this study indicate that community-driven governance with the support of the government enhances community-based infrastructure.Social implicationsPotential values of collective action embellished in the concepts of a social movement, active engagement, communalism, grassroots efforts, social cohesion and planning in bringing peoples of diversities together for common goals with less rigorous formalization.Originality/valueThe novelty of the research is the exposition on the evidence-based innovative concept of integrating the social practice of participatory design, representing a bottom-up model into infrastructure procurement in community settings.

scholarly journals Development measures for slums of Dhaka city

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Sanjida Ahmed Sinthia
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
The Government

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh is extremely populated, unhygienic and environmentally degraded city. The growing number of population and environmental degradation are due to natural disaster and economic depression. As a result, the rate of urban poor is and producing huge pressure on urban lands, housing and infrastructure. Due to limited resources these poor people encroached open spaces, wetlands, vacant plots or even footpath for shelter. They don’t have any access to proper job market, healthcare facilities, education and sanitation either. These constraints are mostly resulted from the failures of the government in initiation proper policies and measures. Past policies of slum clearance, modernist apartment projects, housing provision, self-help, sites and services, and in-situ upgrading have not been effective at solving the crisis. This is now prime time to established planning and environmental management policy and sustainable development of the city area. Urban land management, rehabilitation and socio-economic development of the slum dwellers are also very important issues. The key focus of this paper is to find out sustainable development process for urban slum dwellers and build sustainable living place for them which are free from eviction, criminals, rent seekers and other miscreants.

scholarly journals Exploring the Provision of Affordable Housing in Ras Al Khaimah

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Human Need ◽  
The Government

Adequate and affordable housing is a basic human need, and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), housing is treated as a right of every Emirati national. This study examines the efficacy of the two national housing programs in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah that provide subsidies for affordable homeownership—the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program (SZHP) and the President’s Initiative (PI). Beneficiaries of these two programs seem largely satisfied, but suggest improvement to the approval process, eligibility criteria, housing design and standards, and location decisions. Also, the growth spurred by the two programs, especially SZHP, has significantly shaped the current sprawling urban form of the Ras Al Khaimah municipality. The question of long-term sustainability of the two programs looms large, funded as they are entirely by the government, with little or no participation from the private or informal sector. To make housing programs financially and environmentally sustainable, every stakeholder must play a role: the federal government and the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah need to enable other sectors of the economy to participate in housing provision; the Ras Al Khaimah Municipality will have to strengthen and enforce its development standards; and, individual beneficiaries need to follow local plans, embrace sustainable practices of building and use the programs in a judicious way.

scholarly journals ECONOMICAL HOUSING PROVISION IN CHINA (1998–2002) - A CASE STUDY OF BEIJING

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan-yu Meng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
The Government

Economical housing in China is targeted at the housing needs of middle and lower‐middle income urban households. Subsidies and other preferential policies for the provision of such housing are extended by the government. Economical housing is viewed by the Chinese central government as a fundamental component of the new housing system, which was set up in 1998 following the end of the old public housing system. It has also been used as the main driver for economic growth by the Chinese central government in the past five years. In each of those years, billions of RMB from the national budget has been invested in building economical housing, with the aim of eliminating the large gap between housing prices in the open market and public affordability, as well as to support economic growth. The issue of economical housing in China is intimately tied up with political and social issues. This paper presents a thorough study of the evolution of economical housing from 1998 to 2002 in China. Beijing is chosen as a case study because it is the capital city and has one of the most important real estate markets in the country. Recommendations are also given on the future development of economical housing.

Managing deliberation: tools for structuring discussions and analyzing representation

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Hansson ◽  
Love Ekenberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Standard Type ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Structural Support ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Government ◽  
Analytical Tools

Purpose In this paper, the authors address the lack of methodologies and tools that support community and consensus processes in online settings while also acknowledging agonistic conflicts and a diversity of interest communities. The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology and tool support for analysing discursive processes, as well as for creating structural support for better informed deliberative processes. Design/methodology/approach This participatory design is based on two case studies of urban planning projects in Swedish municipalities. An ethnographic study of information practises among municipality officials and residents exposed a need for supporting the direct communication with citizens and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as democratic processes within groups. Findings The authors show how a general participatory methodology on different levels of governance can be supported using a standard type of interface and analytical tools for structured discussions and statistics. Research limitations/implications The tool design has not been tested in any larger scale. The tool is at present foremost useful for communicating in participatory contexts. The actor perspective in the methodology used means that the actors, rather than organisations, are highlighted as the owners of specific questions. It also means that a survey or discussion initiated by a government can have competition from other actors using the same instruments or data. Practical implications Except for being an analytical tool for analysing participatory attributes and for better understanding of how decisions are formed, the platform also includes tools for more elaborated decision support, as well as support for voting and pro/con argumentation integrated with discussion forum for providing reasonable conditions for a broader more well-structured participation. Social implications The actor perspective in the suggested methodology and tool support means that the actors, rather than organisations, are highlighted as the owners of specific questions. It also means that a survey or discussion initiated by a government can have competition from other actors using the same instruments or data. Originality/value This platform provides integrated analytical tools and elaborated decision support for individual users, to support democracy from a micro-perspective rather than from a government perspective, and reaches significantly beyond the capacities of similar tools and methods presently available. The traditional dichotomy between the government and the citizens in e-government research is, thus, avoided by developing a tool that takes the individual actor as the starting point rather than an abstract collective.

scholarly journals COMBATING SQUATTERS IN MALAYSIA: DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE POLICIES AS INSTRUMENT?

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusfida Ayu Abdullah ◽  
Julieven Nonoi Kuek ◽  
Hazlina Hamdan ◽  
Farrah Lyana Mohd Zulkifli
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Low Cost Housing ◽  
The Government

The year 2014 had witnessed the scenario where most of the states in Malaysia pledged to declare themselves as Zero Squatter state. Thus far, most of the states in Malaysia are still striving to achieve the goal. The government has therefore aspires to reach the target by the year 2020. The Malaysian government under its 5-years National Plan has since introduced the low, medium and high cost housing categories. The housing policy was therefore designed to provide the public of all income levels, particularly the low-income groups, with affordable housing as part of an effort to eradicate squatters. However, despite the various policies, the number of squatter families remains large, especially in the urban areas. This paper therefore, intends to examine the instruments put forward by the government to eliminate squatters and assess the roles of related parties assigned to achieve the government’s mission. Through a qualitative approach, results demonstrated that Malaysia has various types of polices and guidance at both the federal and state levels in relation to low-cost housing provision. These would have supposed to help reduce the number of squatters in the country. However, to date, Malaysia is still experiencing problems with squatters. This calls for further investigation.

scholarly journals Interaction of Authorities and Business in Solving Housing Problems for Orphaned Children as a Mechanism of Control and Moderation of Social Dependency

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Sedykh
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Orphaned Children ◽  
Housing Rights ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Analyzing the prerequisites and conceptual basics of orphaned childrens social dependency, one can note that the phenomenon «social dependency», as it is, has a long history and gained the greatest momentum during the golden age of the national economic possibilities. In terms of the national history it was inherent to the development period of the paternalistic model of social welfare. All segments of the population are subject to influence of parasitism, yet we consider the orphanage as a specific subject of social dependency and come to the conclusion that such a negative form of orphans behavior is shaped in the process of their entire life-sustaining activity as affected by certain personal qualities in terms of deprivation and boarding-school environment. The more the number of orphans, the more obligations arise for the government in implementing their social guarantees. The article analyzes the rights of the orphaned children. The orphaned childrens priority right if the right to housing, as one of the most important problems that the foster children of orphanage houses and the children without parental support face, is the problem of housing provision. The housing problems of orphaned children are rather difficult to solve without presence of sufficient amount of financing. The article shows the mechanism of control and moderation of social dependency brought to life by this right. By analyzing the ways of implementing the housing rights of the orphaned children and the children without parental support, as well as the persons of those involved at the governmental level, the article offers a possible way of attracting business representatives to solving this problem. In order to make the business interested in participation in solving the societys social problems, the government must create certain socio-economic conditions that would contribute to stimulating the business in providing highly-demanded social welfare and services.

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