IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON LOW-COST HOUSING IN NEW TOWNS IN EGYPT: THE CASE STUDY OF NEW BORG EL-ARAB

New towns and cities are proposed as the places for absorbing the population overflow and limiting the population growth in metropolises. In Iran, these towns and cities are built very close to the metropolises, and gradually, they are being used only as dormitories. The new town of Pardisan is built 13 kilometers southwest of Qom as the largest new town of the urban district of Qom in order to organize the residence system and absorb the population overflow of the metropolis of Qom and reduce its problems. This paper studies the function of the Pardisan new town as the absorber of the population overflow of Qom and also the residents’ satisfaction with this town. The research method adopted by this study is based on the library, documentary, and field data, and also interviews and collection of data by questionnaires and TOPSIS model. The results of this research indicate that many of the families living in the Pardisan town constitute the population overflow of the metropolis of Qom; Among the most important reasons for the migration of families to the Pardisan town is the low cost of land and residence, and 4.67 percent of the residents do not like to live in this town. This unsuccess is mostly due to lack of job and activity in this town, and therefore, the residents are less satisfied with the town.

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Self-help Retrofitting Technologies for Low-cost Housing Construction. The Case Study of Vila Novo Ouro Preto, Brasil.

Procedia Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2058 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 625-632

Author(s):

Clara Masotti ◽

Annarita Ferrante ◽

Luca Boiardi ◽

Carlotta Fabbri

Keyword(s):

Low Cost ◽

Housing Construction ◽

Self Help ◽

Low Cost Housing

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Brigdeheader Space for Dwell in Jakarta

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.747.136 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 747 ◽

pp. 136-140

Author(s):

Deni ◽

Salwin

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Low Cost ◽

Practical Observation ◽

Low Cost Housing ◽

The Government ◽

Almost All ◽

The City ◽

Collection Methods

Bridgeheader is one of the typology of low-income people in the city who assume that the house is only ‘a springboard’ for their life in the city. This group of people dwelt not far from the location of their place to work; occupying marginal spaces in the city and its environment tend to be slump. Almost all areas in the city of Jakarta have marginal spaces, therefore the government attempt to improve the quality of their houses, for example by providing low-cost housing. In fact the low-cost house which was provided by the government failed to be ‘consumed’ by the brigdeheaders at the time when the used value of the house has been turned into market value. The research aimed to determine such approaches of use value of the house that can be ‘consumed’ by the brigdeheader, but did not undermine the space in the city. Data collection methods using practical observation conducted with interviews. While the analysis using descriptive pragmatic method in four case study area in Jakarta. The findings indicate that the concept of house for this group is not determined only by the ‘low price tag’ but also ‘the way of use’ of the space contributed with the result that the house can be ‘consumed’ well.

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Engineering the Housing Policy for Political and Economic Sustainability: A Case Study of Low Cost Housing Policy in Malaysia

10.15396/eres2007_299 ◽

2007 ◽

Keyword(s):

Housing Policy ◽

Low Cost ◽

Economic Sustainability ◽

Low Cost Housing

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Everyday hazards and vulnerabilities amongst backyard dwellers: A case study of Vredendal North, Matzikama Municipality, South Africa

Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies ◽

10.4102/jamba.v7i1.210 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Patricia J. Zweig

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

South Africa ◽

Future Development ◽

Low Cost ◽

Development Planning ◽

Small Towns ◽

Local Municipality ◽

Low Cost Housing ◽

The Town

The populations of many small towns in South Africa continue to expand unmatched by parallel economic growth, entrenching high levels of poverty. The town of Vredendal, located close to the national route between Namibia and Cape Town in South Africa, is a West Coast development node and an emergent industrial and processing area that continues to attract an influx of people seeking economic opportunities. This is challenging the capacity of the local municipality, which has a waiting list for state-provided low-cost housing units, whilst the provision of adequate infrastructure to meet growing local need is also a developmental concern. In the suburb of Vredendal North this has resulted in the proliferation of unplanned informal dwellings in the backyards of formalised low-cost housing areas. Largely overlooked by urban researchers, little is known or understood about small town backyard populations. This prompted a brief study of Vredendal North backyard dwellers commissioned by the local municipality to identify their everyday hazards and livelihood vulnerabilities to inform future development planning. A community workshop identified critical development needs and suggested that backyard dwellers in small towns experience similar living conditions and hazards to those in the cities, although underlain by some unique differences.

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