HOME JOURNALS CONTACT

Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 100-106
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.100.106
High-Rise Housing: In Search for a Solution to the Urban Housing Crisis in the Developing Countries
Mahbubur Rahman

Abstract: This paper argues that high-rise housing cannot solve the urban housing crisis in the developing countries if their economy, technological state, afford ability and life-style of majority of the urban population are considered; instead the low-rise high density housing would meet the demand of the masses. It will discuss the suitability of such buildings considering the aspects of density, cost, technique and services. The paper is based on the findings of a study titled ‘Feasibility of High-Rise Housing as a Solution to the present urban Housing Crisis in Bangladesh’ undertaken in 1993-98 at the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. Therefore, it will often draw examples from Bangladesh among other developing countries.

Fulltext PDF

How to cite this article
Mahbubur Rahman , 2002. High-Rise Housing: In Search for a Solution to the Urban Housing Crisis in the Developing Countries. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 100-106.

Keywords: High-rise, cost, affordability, density, developing country, services and techniques

REFERENCES
  • Aicher, J., 1998. Designing Healthy Cities: Prescriptions, Principles and Practice. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, ISBN: 0-89464-927-2

  • Benjamin, S., M.A. Arifin and F.T. Sarajan, 1985. The housing cost of low-income kampung dwellings: A study of product and process in the Indonesian cities. HABITAT Internationa, 9: 91-110.

  • Correa, C., 1988. Report of the National Commission on Urbanization. Submitted to the Prime Minister, India

  • Grimes, O.F., 1976. Housing for Low-Income Urban Families. John Hopkins University Press, Washington DC

  • Imamuddin, A.H., 1983. A study of Urban Hoousing in the contex of Dhaka, Bangladesh. M.Sc. Thesis, Katholieke Universite Leuven, Belgium.

  • Gerru, B., 1979. Economic Effect of Housing in Developing Countries. Vol. 3, Institute of Tropical Building and Planning, Darstadt

  • Islam, N., 1978. Urbanization in Bangladesh-Patterns, problems and policies. South Asian regional seminar on small and Medium scale Town in Regional development, Katmandu.

  • Khan, I.M., 1982. Alternative approach to the redevelopment of old Dhaka. Ph.D. Thesis, Katholieke Univeersete Leuven, Belgium.

  • Khan, R.H., 1991. Peripheral housing development in Dhaka. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Architecture, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.

  • Laqulan, A., 1983. Basic Housing Policies for Urban Sites: Services and Shelter in Developing Countries. IDRC, Toronto

  • Muktadir, M.A., 1975. Climatic aspects of high Density urban housing in the Warm-Humid Tropics with particular reference to Dacca. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Edinburg.

  • Newman, O., 1972. The Definaaaable Space-Crime Prevention Through Urban Design. MacMillian, New York, USA

  • Payne, G.K., 1977. Low Income Housing in Developing World. John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA

  • Payne, G.K., 1984. Urban Housing in the Third World. Leonard Hill, London, UK

  • Peattie, L.R., 1987. Afford ability. HABITAT Int., 11: 69-76.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1990. Seventeen facts on dhakas bastees. Ekistics, 57: 342-343.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1991. Urban lower-middle and middle-income housing in Dhaka, Banglades. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nottingham, UK.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1994. Cooperative apartments for afford housing. Portibesh, 3: 88-98.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1994. Housing for the low-income households in Dhaka-an Exploration for suitable land. Bangladesh Urban Stud., 2: 31-46.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1995. Rationality of mass-industrialization for low-cost construction. Earth, 2: 26-27.

  • Stone, P.A., 1970. Urban Development in Britain-Standards, Cost and Resources. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

  • Strassmann, W.P., 1975. Industrialized system building for developing countries: A discouraging progress. Int. Technol. Co. Center Rev., 4: 99-113.

  • Turvey, R., 1957. The Economics of Real Property. George, Allen and Unwin, London, UK

  • Ullah, M.F. and B.I. Chowdhury, 1994. Tenement housing-bulding language responsive to the urban poor. Earth, 1: 24-25.

  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization 1972. Prefabrication in Africa and Middle-East. Vol. 2, UNIDO, USA., pp: 27-31

  • UN Department of Housing Building and Planning, 1972. Standards and Modular Co-ordination in Building Industries in Asia. Vol. 2, UNDECA., USA., pp: 26-46

  • Varkey, K., 1994. Architecture and society. Earth, 1: 14-16.

  • Wilcox, D.L., 1983. Urban land policy where the population Bomb have exploded. HABITAT Int., 7: 33-46.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1995. Review of provisions in urbanization shelter and poverty alleviation in dhaka structure plan. Workshop on DMDP Dhaka Structure Plan-1995, Dhaka.

  • Rahman, M.M., 1994. Feasibility of Multi-Story Apartment as a Solution to the Present Urban Housing Crisis in Bangladesh. Dept. of Archhitecture, BUET, Dhaka

  • Rahman, M.M., 1994. High-rise apartments in Dhaka-a socio-economic profile of the apartment dwellers. Proceedings of the 6th International Research Conference on Housing, September, Beijing.

  • Segal, W., 1965. The use of land in relation to building height coverage and hosing density. EKISTICS, Vol. 19.

  • Gokhale, R.G., 1973. Some socio-economic aspects of high-rise Housing. Proceedings of the National Conference on tall Building, New Delhi, India.

    • © Science Alert. All Rights Reserved