Mass Housing: Residents Satisfaction with their Housing and Environment

Abstract

It is often necessary to assess the satisfaction of the house users with the house environment, in other words the compliance of the environment with their expectations, needs and goals. The quality of residence and environment affects the general life satisfaction of the human. If the residents are satisfied with their residences and residence environments, this influences their psychological and physical health and these all together have an impact on the structure of the society. Therefore if the variables influencing the satisfaction of the people with their housing environment are known, this will aid us to set the criteria for the design of the housing and its environment. The aim of this study is to define the expectations of mass housing users from the houses and their environment and to assess the satisfaction of Bahcesehir Mass Housing users with the area they live in. The needs and expectations of families with different ages, cultures, educational backgrounds and income levels have been analyzed and the kinds of conditions necessary for satisfaction have been defined. The factors necessary for the satisfaction of the users with the houses and their environment have been determined on the basis of the collected information about the features of the household, the houses and the house environment. The survey within the scope of this study was carried out through 400 questionnaires. 327 of them were filled out in multi-family houses and 73 in single-family houses. The findings of this study show that, not only the quality of the residence but also the environment of the residence is important. Residential environment constitutes not only the physical components of the residential area but also social and economic factors. The assessments within this study will serve as a guide for future studies aiming to increase the quality of mass housing by taking the wants and needs of the mass housing users into consideration.

Residential satisfaction in formal and informal neighborhoods: the case of Istanbul, Turkey

“…They found that, together with household amenities, recreational and educational facilities are significant predictors of residential satisfaction. Berköz and Kellekçi (2007) studied mass housing environments in Istanbul's Bahcesehir neighborhood. They found that accessibility to various functions and the city center, environmental features and security, neighbor relationships and the appearance of the housing environment are factors affecting residential satisfaction (Berköz et al, 2009).…”

Konut ve Konut Çevresi Memnuniyet Göstergeleri: Kaşüstü ve Yalıncak Mahalleleri Örneği, Trabzon

“…Konut memnuniyetine yönelik bir diğer çalışmada da kullanıcının yaş, gelir düzeyi, çocuk sahipliliği, eğitim düzeyi gibi demografik özellikleri ve altyapı, oda sayısı, büyüklük gibi konutun fiziksel özellikleri önemli göstergeler olarak tanımlamaktadır (Galster ve Hesser, 1981). Benzer şekilde, konut büyüklüğü (Cho, 2020;Li vd., 2019;Huang ve Du, 2015;), konut kalitesi (Cho, 2020;Ciorici ve Dantzler, 2019), yönetim ve hizmet (Cho, 2020) , komşularla sosyal ilişkiler (Berkoz ve Kellekci, 2007;Grange ve Yau, 2020) gibi göstergelerin de konut sakinlerinin memnuniyetini etkilediği belirtilmektedir.…”

Urban housing: a study on housing environment, residents’ satisfaction and happiness

“…In recent years, numerous studies have reported on housing environment dimensions and their impact on residents’ satisfaction and their happiness (Pishgahi and Partovi, 2020; Grange and Yau, 2020; Aksel and Imamoglu, 2020; Cho, 2020; Turkoglu et al , 2019; Gur et al , 2019; Maclean and Salama, 2019; Chen et al , 2019; Huang et al , 2018; Mohit and Azim, 2012; Dekker et al , 2011). The literature on the housing environment revealed location (Buys and Miller, 2012), easy to access (Wang and Wang, 2015; Ciorici and Dantzler, 2019), shopping center (Cao and Wang, 2016; Wang and Wang, 2015), parks and open spaces neighboring (Lee et al , 2016; Cao and Wang, 2016; Karacor and Parlar, 2017; Mouratidis, 2018; Grange and Yau, 2020), attractive appearance (Lee et al , 2016; Mouratidis, 2018; Grange and Yau, 2020), safety and security (Parkes et al , 2002; Buys and Miller, 2012; Wang and Wang, 2015; Lee et al , 2016; Mouratidis, 2018; Ciorici and Dantzler, 2019), housing size (Li et al , 2019; Huang and Du, 2015; Cho, 2020), housing quality (Ciorici and Dantzler, 2019; Cho, 2020), management and service (Cho, 2020) and social relations with neighbors (Berkoz and Kellekci, 2007; Grange and Yau, 2020) are the housing environment dimensions influencing residents’ satisfaction. Ibem and Alagbe (2015) revealed key dimensions of adequate housing, such as an ambient condition of interiors and adequacy of security, utilities and neighborhood facilities; social infrastructure; privacy and sizes of sleeping area in residence; and sizes of living and dining space at the Ogun State Southwest, Nigeria.…”