Managing the displacement of population from the failing housing stock in the area's socio-economic development strategic planning system: The municipal dimension

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1006-1033
Author(s):  
Natal'ya E. BULETOVA ◽  
Aleksandr I. MORDVINTSEV ◽  
Dmitrii S. POLYAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
Culture Influence ◽  
Capital Construction ◽  
City Systems ◽  
Housing Facilities

Subject. This article examines trends in the management of unfit housing facilities within the framework of the implementation of national and federal projects. Objectives. The article aims to define the specifics of the process of managing the resettlement of citizens from unfit housing facilities and improve the implementation of municipal programmes in the field of housing policy. Methods. For the study, we used a systems analysis, and the techniques used in professional practices of control and accounts bodies. Results. The article describes the peculiarities of the management of unfit housing stock and the problems of the participants of relocation in Volgograd. The article also proposes a system of measures to improve resettlement management and substantiates the benefits of the project-based approach. Conclusions. Historical features of housing construction, natural and climatic factors, management culture influence the choice of the way to solve the problem of unfit housing stock settlement. This requires a differentiated approach to resettlement management. The introduction of innovative capital construction technologies as well as smart city systems can contribute to solving the strategic task of minimizing unfit housing stock in the mid-term.

scholarly journals Enlargement of apartments in socialist housing estates in Skopje under transition: The tension between individual preferences and collective action

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasna Mariotti ◽  
Daniel Baldwin Hess
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Future Demands ◽  
Residential Space ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Neighborhood Level

AbstractThe post-socialist urban restructuring of Skopje, North Macedonia has been characterized by significant changes in the built fabric of the city, resulting from the political, economic and societal processes following the dissolution of Yugoslavia. In early 1990s and post-privatization, there was a dynamic transformation of the city’s housing stock in post-WWII prefabricated apartment buildings. Flat owners in socialist-era housing estates in Skopje modified their apartments by expanding and enclosing balconies, thus gaining more living space. Garages were converted into shops and ground-floor and first-floor apartments were renovated into offices, resulting in commercialization of previous residential space. To better understand the spatial disorder triggered by transformation of housing estates during the lengthy transition from a centrally-planned system to a market economy, this article evaluates various spontaneous and planned practices of transformation of residential space in housing estates in post-socialist Skopje. We analyze these changing practices of transformation through fieldwork and focus group discussions with residents. We also review archival material and administrative and legal documents, including municipal master plans and national planning laws and decisions related to housing estates in post-1991 Skopje. Findings emphasize the complex interplay between many actors, ideologies and interests that shape the experience of urban life in post-socialist Skopje, evidenced by outcomes related to housing choice and renovation practice, especially the enclosure of balconies for providing more living space. Such interventions are viewed as important steps towards improving living conditions in prefabricated apartment buildings in Skopje. Individual decisions about apartment renovation affect urban planning at the neighborhood level, and the findings from this research thus inform residential mobility and neighborhood-level strategic decision making. The aim is to help neighborhoods—built in an earlier socio-political era under a central planning system—to adapt to future demands.

Intermediate Shelters in Bam and Permanent Shelter Reconstruction in Villages following the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 487-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijan Khazai ◽  
Elizabeth Hausler
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Permanent Housing ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Shelter Construction ◽  
The City

The earthquake of 26 December 2003 destroyed about 85% of the housing stock and left up to 75,600 people in the city of Bam homeless. With the convergence of migrants from nearby villages, it is estimated that 155,000 people were in need of shelter in Bam and surrounding villages. A municipal governmental Master Plan for the reconstruction of Bam was completed in September 2004. Permanent housing construction in the city of Bam began in October 2004, and is scheduled to take three to five years. In the interim, intermediate shelter construction in Bam and reconstruction of permanent shelter in the surrounding villages is ongoing and work is being done to integrate relief operations into long-term recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction programs. At the time of the reconnaissance trip in late May 2004, 16,200 intermediate shelters were assembled in Bam, either on the sites of original dwellings or on campgrounds on the outskirts of the city, and over 2,500 permanent shelters were constructed in the surrounding villages.

scholarly journals The specificities of coastal territories of Ladoga Lake and their impact upon formation of recreational system of the coastline

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-114
Author(s):  
Alla Sergeevna Proshina
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Beach Recreation ◽  
Ladoga Lake ◽  
Anthropogenic Development ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Northwestern Russia

The object of this research is the coastal territories of Ladoga Lake, their structure substantiated by the natural-geographical peculiarities, and specificities conditioned by anthropogenic development. The coastline of Ladoga Lake is capable of ecological stabilization of a significant territory, ensure the population of Leningrad Oblast and the Republic of Karelia with a wide variety of recreational functions, and forms of tourism. The dynamic processes of its economic development require the elaboration of new principles and grounds of landscape-recreational organization of coastal areas, creation of typical models for Northwestern Russia. Analysis is conducted on the natural-climatic, historical-cultural and other specific characteristics of the coastal areas of Ladoga Lake, as well as determines their impact upon landscape-recreational organization of coastline. The author also examines the cartographic data and statistical reports, carries out a comparative analysis of environmental indexes in retrospective, as well as systematized data on the spatial-planning system of coastline based on the land use documents. Climatic specificities determine the focus of attention not on the beach recreation, but other types based on the uniqueness and diversity of natural components of the coastline of Ladoga Lake. Integrating into the system of environmental framework, the infrastructure of recreational areas, their transport and pedestrian support alongside specially protected zones, performs an environmental protection function. In order to prevent future destruction of landscape complexes on the coastline of Ladoga Lake, it is essential to establish universal rules and regulation for natural and water resource management. Due to natural and climatic factors, landscape peculiarities and historical-cultural value of Ladoga Lake coastline, one of the fundamental vectors in arrangement of its recreational zones is ecotourism.

scholarly journals State support for housing construction in the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems and prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Fedyarova ◽  
A. M. Rakhmetova
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Republic

The purpose of the study based on the analysis of current trends in the development of housing construction and the assessment of the role of the state in this process, to identify existing problems and propose promising ways to solve them in the Republic of Kazakhstan.Methodology. The article uses such research methods as comparison, generalization, analysis and synthesis, modeling (making a trend forecast).Originality / value of the research. The results of the assessment of the development of the housing market in the Republic of Kazakhstan over the past 18 years allowed us to identify current limitations and problems in its development, including on the basis of the forecast of the development of the housing market until 2025 in order to develop appropriate recommendations for their solution.Findings. According to the results of the study, the process of housing construction development from 2003 to 2020 in Kazakhstan was carried out mainly thanks to state financial support. The results of the trend analysis for the period from 2020 to 2025 showed that the peak of commissioning of residential buildings put into operation will be observed in 2023, and housing prices will increase. In this regard, the authors have proposed recommendations for solving such problems as reducing the level of corruption in the system of distribution of tender purchases, in the process of adoption and commissioning of the housing stock, as well as in the distribution of housing, the closedness of general plans of settlements to the population, insufficient quality of housing and others.

scholarly journals A Gis Integrated City Planning System Based on Systems Analysis.

1993 ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo NAKAMURA ◽  
Yuichiro KAWAGUCHI ◽  
Eihan SHIMIZU ◽  
Wanglin YAN ◽  
Ryosuke SHIBASAKI
Keyword(s):  
Systems Analysis ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Planning System

scholarly journals The Dynamics of the Housing Construction in the Republics of the USSR in the 1920s-1980s

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-595
Author(s):  
Igor Pilipenko
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Individual Housing ◽  
The People ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Despite 30 years of market reforms, the main difference between the housing sector in Russia and other post-socialist countries and that of the advanced Western nations lies in housing tenure distribution. In the former states, outright homeowners with property mainly built in the planned economy dominate the market. At the same time, in the latter countries, the majority of households pay rent or take out a mortgage (these types of households account for three-quarters of households in the USA and on average almost two-thirds of households in Western and Northern European nations). This article examines the evolution of main indicators of housing construction in the USSR as well as in the 15 Union republics from 1918 to 1990. The research rests upon a database composed by the author from more than 120 official statistical sources at the national and Republics' level. This work covers not only state housing construction but also individual housing construction as well as housing construction cooperatives in the USSR republics, which the post-Soviet and foreign scholarly literature have often neglected. We identify the main stages of housing construction in the USSR and analyze the data on housing completions in urban and rural areas, the evolution of the housing stock, flats and houses built, and the statistics on the people in the Union Republics who improved their living conditions. The time series collected and per capita indicators across the 15 republics of the USSR calculated by the author, reveal quite synchronized development of their housing sectors. Nevertheless, the three Baltic republics were leaders in many per capita indicators, whereas the RSFSR, the Kazakh, Byelorussian and Armenian SSR stood out in terms of housing completions and share of people who improved their living conditions. At the same time, the Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldavian SSR excelled in floor area per person.

Estimation of the performance of the fire alarm systems at the residential facilities for the period from 2016 to 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
A. A. Poroshin ◽  
◽  
A. A. Kondashov ◽  
V. I. Sibirko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fire Resistance ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Fire Alarm ◽  
Residential Sector ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
Alarm Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Facilities

Introduction. The issues of the operability of fire alarm systems at housing facilities are considered. Regulatory requirements and the results of scientific research on the functioning of these systems are analyzed. The results of assessments of the effectiveness of fire alarm systems actuation at housing facilities are presented, taking into account their characteristics for the period from 2016 to 2020. Goal and objectives. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of fire alarm systems in houses and apartment buildings. The objective of the study is to identify the features of the functioning of fire alarm systems at housing facilities, taking into account their characteristics. Methods. Two options for assessing the effectiveness of fire alarm systems are considered. The first one is based on identification of the number of cases of implementation of various modes of functioning of fire alarm systems. The second one is based on taking into account the social consequences of fires. Results and discussion. Evaluation of the operability of fire alarm systems showed that the efficiency of fire alarm systems for houses is 83,1 %, for apartment buildings - 75,7 % on average, for the period from 2016 to 2020. At the same time, the highest value of the response efficiency (86,4 %) is observed for apartment buildings with more than 25 floors and for houses of I degree of fire resistance (82,4 %). The number of people injured in fires per one fire for houses is much less in conditions when the fire alarm systems operated signaled (0,4 people per fire) compared to conditions when these systems did not fulfill their task (0,75 people per fire). Conclusion. Compared to the period 2005-2012, the effectiveness of fire alarm systems in the residential sector has increased significantly. On average, the level of performance by fire alarm systems was 83,1 % for houses and for apartment buildings - 75,7 % for the period from 2016 to 2020. Keywords: fire, housing stock, houses and apartment buildings, fire alarm, operability, efficiency, number of storeys, fire resistance, statistical data, fire accounting card

UKRAINE STATE POLICY ON THE HOUSING PROVISION OF THE DISMISSED OR RETIRED SERVICEMEN (1991-2013)

2019 ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Iryna Avtushenko
Keyword(s):  
State Policy ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The State ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
State Budget ◽  
State And Local

The problem of providing housing of the dismissed or retired servicemen and members of their families is analyzed in the article on the basis of archival sources and publications.The situation with providing of housing for servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dismissed from military service in the early 1990s, was complicated by the return to Ukraine of more than 32 thousand families of servicemen who served in other CIS countries. Financing of housing construction and provision of retired military personnel was carried out from state and local budgets. The research showed that every year expenditures on housing construction were reduced for persons dismissed from military service.To solve this problem the Program for housing providing for the dismissed or retired servicemen was adopted in 1999. The aim of the program was to facilitate the implementation of state policy in providing housing for retired servicemen, concentration of financial, logistic and other resources as well as coordination of the activities of central and local executive authorities, enterprises, institutions and organizations for solving this problem. The National Coordinating Centre for Social and Professional Adaptation of the dismissed or retired servicemen was responsible for the implementation of the Program. The National Coordinating Centre controled the use of budget funds, following the compliance of local executive authorities and local self-government bodies with legislation on the provision of housing for persons discharged from military service, formed a consolidated database on the apartment registration of dismissed servicemen.For improve the implementation of the Program, traditional and non-traditional sources of funding were involved, including the deduction of 1.5% of corporate profit tax. Among the sources of financing of the Program were assets and property seized by customs and law enforcement agencies and transferred to the state property for use in housing construction. The Program for providing housing, during 2005-2008, was not included in the list of budget programs of the Ministry of Defense and target expenditures from the general fund of the State Budget for its implementation were not allocated. The share of subvention from the state budget to local budgets was the only but insufficient financing source. As a result, the amount of housing received at the expense of said subvention, has been constantly decreasing. In the following years the financinghas practically ceased, which has led to an aggravation of the problem of providing housing to retired servicemen.The situation with providing of housing for servicemen who were on the housing account in local self-government bodies during the investigated period was extremely difficult. The conducted research testifies to the imperfection of the current hosing legislation’s norms. This made it possible for the local authorities to consider the issue of providing housing to dismissed servicemen at their discretion, which resulted in numerous abuses. Effective methods and means of construction and reconstruction of state objects, cooperative and individual housing stock are necessary to implement in order to make the complex decision. This problem can be solved by developing and approving the procedure for granting privileged loans to dismissed servicemen for the purpose of construction and purchase of housing, the allocation of land for housing construction, and the purchase of housing in the secondary market.It is necessary to create a unified state mechanism that would allow local self-government bodies and the public to ensure compliance with state guarantees for the provision of housing for persons dismissed from military service. To introduce a transparent system of attraction, distribution and spending of funds directed at construction (purchase) of housing for the specified category of citizens.

Subsidizing the Supply of Rental Housing

2020 ◽  
pp. 175-194
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Meen ◽  
Christine Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Housing Associations ◽  
Vulnerable Households ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Right To Buy

Chapter 11 discusses subsidies to the supply of rental housing. The traditional approach has been to subsidise first local authorities and then housing associations to produce additional social housing. Later the emphasis shifted to introducing private finance and recycling past subsidy to provide a range of affordable housing products. Additionally, the planning system was modified to make it possible to require the provision of affordable housing on residential development sites. Allocation principles have also changed, moving away from accommodating lower-income working households to emphasising provision for vulnerable households of all types. Here we examine the impact of changing financing mechanisms on the capacity to add to the housing stock; the types of provision; and the rents that are charged across the country. We also consider the impact of Right to Buy and other approaches to transferring accommodation between tenures. Finally, we look to comparable international experience.

scholarly journals Industrialization of housing construction as a tool for sustainable settlement and rural areas development

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 07010
Author(s):  
Olga Popova ◽  
Polina Antufieva ◽  
Vladimir Grebenshchikov ◽  
Mariya Balmashnova
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Housing Problem ◽  
Arkhangelsk Region ◽  
Low Levels

The development of the construction industry, conducting construction in accordance with standard projects, and transforming the construction materials industry in hard-to-reach and sparsely populated areas will make significant progress in solving the housing problem. Industrialization of housing construction is a catalyst for strong growth of the region’s economy and the quality of life of citizens. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for assessing the level of industrialization of the territory’s construction complex and its development potential for increasing the volume of low-rise housing stock. Research tasks: 1) assessment of the need to develop housing construction, including low-rise housing, on a particular territory; 2) development of a methodology for calculating the level of industrialization of construction in the area under consideration to determine the possibility of developing low-rise housing construction in this area in the proposed way; 3) approbation of the method using the example of rural areas of the Arkhangelsk region. It was revealed that the districts of the Arkhangelsk region have medium and low levels of industrialization. The districts that are most in need of an increase in the rate of housing construction have been identified. Recommendations for the development of the construction industry in certain areas have been developed.

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