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This research focuses upon the problem of substandard housing and the significant part it plays in the housing market. Empirical evidence is derived from a case study of the inner city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England and is based upon a questionnaire survey. The work is divided into five parts. tart One introduces the nature of the 'housing problem'. Important features are the rate of 'substandardisation', and the link between poor conditions and the private rented sector. The threefold nature of the housing problem is introduced, that is; the existence of poor housing; the relationship between the housing market and other markets and the behaviour of individuals in the housing market. Part two addresses the question of why poor housing exists. It begins with a review of previous analyses of the housing market and concludes that an approach based on political economy is likely to be the most successful. Subsequently the nature of housing both as a 'commodity' and a 'need' are examined along with the relationship of the state to problems in the economy. A principal conclusion is that poor housing is inevitable under capitalist relationships of production and that conventional state intervention cannot sufficiently displace the housing problem. In this context the history of state action towards a solution of housing crises is explained. Part Three examines the operation of the housing market in relation to other factors affecting 'quality of life'. Deprivation is examined from both socio-economic and spatial perspectives in relation to housing situations. This is followed by an examination of deprivation in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Here a factor analysis extracting 11 factors followed by a second order factor analysis identifies 3 higher order factors. These describe the dimensions of deprivation in Newcastle. Crucial to this work is the identification of a 'disfunctional inner city'. From this analysis the operation of social classes in different markets is examined in relation to various institutions that control access to resources and hence may add to relative deprivation. In part Four the behaviour of individuals in the housing market is examined in relation to their perceptions and experiences arising from the operation of the processes described in preceding parts. Residential relocation studies are reviewed and a conceptual model of relocation is derived based upon constraint. This model is then tested in relation to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and found to describe the observed situation satisfactorily. A principal determinant of location is identified as the search procedure adopted by an individual household and evidence is presented showing that the worst conditions are occupied by these who adopt inefficient search procedures. Alienation from a particular dwelling does not however lead to alienation from neighbourhood. Part Five concludes that substandard housing need not represent a significant part of the housing market, and explains various measures that might alleviate the problem in a mixed economy. All involve increased state activity in spheres such as the production of low cost housing, further controls on the private rented sector and action as an impartial provider of housing market information,

Because of the acute shortage of housing in Algeria, resulting from a high birth rate and the migration of the rural population to the cities, large mass housing programmes have been launched since the late 1970s, providing the urban population with dwellings and housing facilities just outside the existing urban perimeters. The urgency of unmet housing needs has meant that certain qualitative aspects of dwelling design, such as its adaptability to users' needs and its social adequacy, have generally been overlooked or somewhat ill considered. The present thesis investigates residents' reactions to the design of their housing environment in four selected estates in Algiers. The research methodology is based on a combination of questionnaires, interviews, photography and records of physical traces. A sample of 128 housewives has been interviewed and different indicators have been used in order to assess their evaluation of the various physical and non-physical features of their housing environment. Adaptive changes made to the original design of the dwellings have been recorded, as well as the space use patterns of the main living areas. The relationship between residents' satisfaction with their dwelling and their perception of the various features of their housing environment has also been investigated. The research findings have resulted in a number of recommendations which are applicable to the programming, the design and the management of future mass housing estates in Algeria

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This thesis provides a critical analysis of the suitability of mixed-use waterfront revitalisation as a setting for social housing schemes. Although the latter have become increasingly common on British waterfronts in recent years, it can be argued that for a variety of reasons the waterfront may be an inappropriate location in which to create new, and possibly vulnerable, social housing communities. This proposition is tested through three empirical investigations. Each of these assesses resident satisfaction with respect to the housing itself, the immediate revitalised environment and the regenerated waterfront's degree of integration with the city and its services. A variety of research methods was employed, including desk-top studies involving literature searches, qualitative investigations to assist questionnaire design, the use of self-administered questionnaires by sample populations, postal proformas and postal and telephone correspondence. The empirical results are presented and discussed against the background of introductory chapters reviewing processes of waterfront decline and revitalisation. the evolution of UK social housing policy and approaches to the analysis of waterfront regeneration. The concluding chapter reviews results, proposes a conceptual model for the analysis of todays regenerated waterfronts and outlines a research agenda. The main findings were that anticipated problems were greatly over-estimated by the hypotheses adopted, and that mixed-use waterfronts have substantial appeal for the large majority of social housing tenants. This reflects a complex range influences. Despite high satisfaction levels, however, the work also demonstrated that potential problems should not be ignored. To a great extent their avoidance depends on successful design at the micro-scale, but the overall morphology of the waterfront may also be important in terms of its ability to isolate communities from inner-urban problems.

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