Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, August 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-103).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [169]-172).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Also available in print.

A critical view of the literature on land rent and residential location is undertaken with special emphasis on the journey to work hypothesis. A housing demand model is constructed based upon the new demand theory advanced by K. J . Lancaster and an assignment model of housing developed by W. F. Smith. The model that is presented is a simple integer program that attempts to analyze housing demand given the assumption that both household and houses have unique and separable characteristics. These attributes of both the product and consumer are thought to affect the demand for different parts of the housing stock. / Arts, Faculty of / Vancouver School of Economics / Graduate

The town or row house has, in recent years, become an important alternative form of family accomodation. Consequently, many of these developments cater to the young expanding family. However, the present location policies of some municipalities have not accounted for the locational concerns and preferences, of these residents, which are determined by their housing needs and are somewhat reflected in their level of satisfaction with the existing residential environment. It was the purpose of this survey to examine this situation by testing the hypotheses that: 1) young expanding families have certain locational concerns and preferences which are dissimilar to those of other families in row house developments. 2) those developments poorly located with regard to those locational concerns and preferences are causing dissatisfaction among the residents. A number of systematically sampled dwelling units, from selected developments in two Vancouver area municipalities, were surveyed by questionnaire. For purposes of analysis, the data was manipulated by statistical techniques of the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) computer program. Generally, the results indicated that the dissimilarity in locational preferences was very pronounced between childless families and families with children, and secondly, many developments did reveal much dissatisfaction with important aspects of the residential location. The major sources of dissatisfaction were traffic and noise from adjacent streets; presence of obnoxious commercial or industrial facilities; inaccessible convenience stores; and, inadequate public transportation service. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

In order to eliminate the housing backlog in the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, an annual output of 2k million dwelling units or ten units per thousand population, are required to be built in the fifteen year period 1960-1975. This is a gigantic task for the developing economies; even the relatively developed economies do not build at an average rate higher than five dwelling units per thousand population for want of adequate resources. What is more alarming is the fact that even if the developing nations succeed in performing the monumental task of doubling their national income in a generation or so, their absolute per capita income would still be one-eighth of that of the developed world. At the present rate of development, the gap between the need and the resources for housing would not be significantly narrowed. In short, even the distant future appears dismal. What then is the right path for the developing nations to tread? This study attempts to provide an answer: adoption of the self-help housing method. Three main steps characterize the methodological approaches used to justify the effectiveness of the self-help housing method. Firstly, the need for a labour-intensive approach in housing is established by making deductions as to the inadequacy of the current capital-intensive approach. Secondly, self-help housing programs at national levels are evaluated in terms of their successes and failures and finally, eight self-help housing projects are examined in detail in\ terms of the costs incurred and benefits gained. The overall success of the programs and benefits received from the projects thus become the measures of effectiveness of the self-help housing method. The self-help housing method has recently gained recognition among the developing nations. Notwithstanding the method having not been entertained in the national housing programs, it has been effectively utilized as a tool of implementing the community development programs. Most of the government-guided piecemeal self-help housing programs have not only been fairly beneficial but have also been practicable. The eight projects analysed, one each for India, Pakistan, the United Arab Republic, Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, and Guatemala, have scored marked success. More than three-quarters of the labour input contained in the guided self-help projects have been drawn from the families at no monetary commitment. The monetary value of labour and material contributed by families involved in the self-help housing projects averages one-quarter of the project cost. This value represents a direct benefit, or what has been called in an Egyptian context, the "ekistic efficiency" of a self-help housing project. When account is taken of the indirect social and economic benefits resulting from environmental improvement, the benefit from the use of the self-help housing method is equivalent to about half of the project cost. The self-help housing management input, valued at 10 per cent of the project cost, is crucial to the success of the project. The object of the guided self-help method through efficient management is to maximize spontaneous self-help in the long run by guided action in the short run. When this objective is pursued to the point where spontaneous self-help activity is set in and guided action or self-help management withdrawn, the benefits to the project approach the value of three-quarters of the project cost. The self-help housing approach is not a magic solution to the low-income housing problem. Given the requisite management techniques, it can form an effective method of meeting the deficiency of housing units in the developing countries. Hence, in order to bridge the gap between the deficiency of housing and the inadequacy of resources among the nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America, a concerted national self-help housing program is considered to be essential. Implicit in this conclusion is a further note of optimism. If activated, the self-help housing process can alleviate the shortage of skilled labour, provide employment, mobilise building industry, and generate cooperative spirit. As such the self-help housing can be an effective tool for the achievement of socio-economic objectives. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

The development of significantly different housing prices in Canada and the United States was an issue of popular concern in recent years when Canadian housing prices were undergoing almost unprecedented price increases. The purpose of this paper was to determine the underlying causes of the differential in housing prices in Canada and the United States. The research methodology followed in the preparation of this paper involved the analysis of the housing markets of Seattle and Vancouver to determine what factors might have influenced prices in these two cities. The factors considered include housing stocks and starts, population, income, credit conditions, and the impact of the state. In general the findings suggest that the price differential has evolved because of a comparatively higher level of housing demand in the Vancouver housing market. / Business, Sauder School of / Real Estate Division / Graduate

With over half the world living in cities there is a need for designing city housing. The DC Office of Planning did a survey on housing that shows a high percentage of 1 to 2-bedroom apartments and shows a lower percentage of 3 to 4-bedroom apartments. Is there a way to design with different housing typologies to accommodate different needs? Mix-use housing and rowhouses are two different housing typologies. Both of these housing typologies are in the fabric of Washington DC. For my thesis I sought out if mix-use housing along with rowhouses could be combined into a design to accommodate peoples changing needs in housing. / Master of Architecture / In Washington D.C. apartments can be found in each district but the majority of apartments that are designed are one to two bedroom. The intent of this design is to create apartments next to rowhouses. The design is to provide different housing styles to fit within people’s lifespan needs. The lifespan needs can change over time so by designing a variety of housing options a person could live within one design without moving to find a living condition to fit their needs. An example of how people’s needs change over time could be a young couple who grows their family. The addition of children or pets require extra space and additional bedrooms. Once the kids grow up and move out that extra room can become office space or a guest room. If there is a design that can accommodate a variety number of bedrooms then there is no need to move outside the city and leave a community where a family built their life around.