User-Initiated Extensions in Government-Built Estates in Ghana and Zimbabwe: Unconventional but Effective Housing Supply

Tipple, A. Graham; Owusu, Stephen; Pritchard, Columbus

doi:10.1353/at.2005.0014

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“…In particular, when the government has failed to provide housing for its citizens, especially those with low and middle incomes [60]. The transformation of urban housing is often coupled with a sense of desperation among low-income households [61]. Housing has also changed as a result of failing to incorporate traditional lifestyles and socio-economic characteristics.…”

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A Study on Transformation of Housing Typology and Its Environmental and Social Effects on the Living Conditions of Residents in Planned Residential Neighborhoods of Kabul City

Amiryar

Asano

2022

Urban Science

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This study examines the transformation in housing typology from low-rise to apartment buildings in the formal neighborhood of Kabul city. These formal neighborhoods were developed according to plans from 1978. The majority of these neighborhoods were designed with detached houses that had courtyards. Literature reviews, field visits, opinions of residents, and a planning organization provided data for this study. In this study, the transformation of housing in planned neighborhoods is analyzed in relation to their social and environmental impacts. Researchers determined how varying housing typologies affected residents’ health and quality of life in these planned neighborhoods. Initially, we assessed the physical characteristics of the study area and evaluated how much transformation volume is present in the study area. Second, we examined residents’ views of residential development and its impacts, as well as their daily lives. In order to identify the relationship between these two aspects, the study examined the characteristics of the area (variables) from the perspectives of privacy, natural light, shading, sound pollution, air pollution, and energy use. We used several criteria to evaluate the accuracy of the physical characteristics and the respondents’ opinions. Lastly, we provided some recommendations and solutions to improve the current situation.

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A Study on Transformation of Housing Typology and Its Environmental and Social Effects on the Living Conditions of Residents in Planned Residential Neighborhoods of Kabul City

Amiryar

Asano

2022

Urban Science

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“…Tipple (2000) argued that self-help strategies are useful not only for new housing, but also for individual adaptation of government-built housing. Studies of user-initiated extensions and alterations of government-built housing indicate that relatively low-income households are able to create new rooms and services, both to improve their own housing conditions and to provide rooms for rent or for free accommodation for family members (Tipple et al, 2004). Inhabitants of government-built estates often transform their dwellings, challenging the rigid, standardized residential environments dictated by modern architecture (Carmon & Oxman, 1984).…”

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Effects of User-initiated Extensions in Government-built Housing on the Urban Space: The Case of the Rambam Neighbourhood in Tirat Carmel, Israel

Kallus

Dychtwald

2010

Journal of Urban Design

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This paper considers the impact of user-initiated housing extensions on the use, function and appearance of the urban space. Interested in the urban tissue, rather than in single buildings, the paper, based on post-factum evaluation, examines the communal effect of user-initiated extensions, rather than the individual benefits to the household. It seeks to understand the dichotomy between the freedom of owners to transform their dwellings and the negative impact such freedom might have on the quality of the immediate residential environment and on the public domain. The findings indicate that had the residents understood the implications of their actions they would have readily chosen the more burdensome route of design control. This suggests the need to pre-plan and coordinate housing extensions to moderate the negative effects of individual extensions on the public space. Toward this, it is important to include residents in planning processes by involving them in decision-making, informing them about opportunities and drawbacks, while assessing their potential to absorb change.

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The Concept of Cultural Character in Public Housing Design

Isah

2016

Urban Public Housing in Northern Nigeria

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User-Initiated Extensions in Government-Built Estates in Ghana and Zimbabwe: Unconventional but Effective Housing Supply

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A Study on Transformation of Housing Typology and Its Environmental and Social Effects on the Living Conditions of Residents in Planned Residential Neighborhoods of Kabul City

A Study on Transformation of Housing Typology and Its Environmental and Social Effects on the Living Conditions of Residents in Planned Residential Neighborhoods of Kabul City

Effects of User-initiated Extensions in Government-built Housing on the Urban Space: The Case of the Rambam Neighbourhood in Tirat Carmel, Israel

The Concept of Cultural Character in Public Housing Design

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