HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE STATE OF MELAKA

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Mohamed Osman ◽  
Noor Suzilawati Rabe ◽  
Muhammad Faris Abdullah ◽  
Nur Farhanah Rosli ◽  
Farah Eleena Zainudin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
The State ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Income Ratio ◽  
Basic Need

Housing is a basic need to man. It provides shelter and comfort from the elements and improve quality of life of the residents. Hence, housing should be affordable to all. This paper assesses the housing affordability for the districts in Melaka. This was achieved by calculating the median multiple of the price income ratio and comparing the score to the housing affordability index. Secondary data were obtained from reports published by the governmental agencies. The results show that housing is mostly moderately unaffordable in the districts of Melaka. Additionally, housing affordability has improved from 2012 to 2014 in majority of the districts.

scholarly journals HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE STATE OF MELAKA

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Mohamed Osman ◽  
Noor Suzilawati Rabe ◽  
Muhammad Faris Abdullah ◽  
Nur Farhanah Rosli ◽  
Farah Eleena Zainudin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
The State ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Income Ratio ◽  
Basic Need

Housing is a basic need to man. It provides shelter and comfort from the elements and improve quality of life of the residents. Hence, housing should be affordable to all. This paper assesses the housing affordability for the districts in Melaka. This was achieved by calculating the median multiple of the price income ratio and comparing the score to the housing affordability index. Secondary data were obtained from reports published by the governmental agencies. The results show that housing is mostly moderately unaffordable in the districts of Melaka. Additionally, housing affordability has improved from 2012 to 2014 in majority of the districts.

Spatial variations in access to improved sanitation and water in Lagos state

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 612-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kunnuji
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Waterborne Diseases ◽  
High Likelihood ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Improved Sanitation ◽  
Domestic Solid Waste

Research has documented the connection between poor waste management and the contamination of ground and surface water across the globe and in Lagos in particular. This makes access to improved sanitation and water central to the pursuit of a good quality of life. This paper set out to explore variations in access to improved sanitation and water across Local Government Areas in Lagos state. Secondary data from the 2006 census of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were used. The study shows that access to improved sanitation and water is not equitable in the state. Collection of domestic solid waste ranges from 4 to 73% while access to improved water provided by the water corporation in the state ranges from 2 to 50%. The paper concludes that access to improved sanitation and water in Lagos is largely ‘metropocentric’. The implication is a high likelihood of variations in the incidence of cholera and waterborne diseases in the non-metropolitan parts of the state. The paper recommends concerted research-based intervention aimed at increasing access to sanitation and government-provided safe water in the non-metropolitan parts of Lagos state.

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

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