Malaysia's terraced housing : towards an environmentally sustainable future

Housing developers in Malaysia have been focusing on providing more homes to deal with the ever growing urban population, and have failed to address environmental issues which run parallel to these housing developments. The thesis identifies and suggests possible actions enabling future housing developments to incorporate sustainable elements.

A holistic approach to the evaluation of sustainable housing

Residential housing is often evaluated against single or at best a limited number of similar criteria. These include quantifiable indicators such as energy use and its associated greenhouse gas emissions. It might also include material consumption from an embodied energy or resource use perspective. Social factors or qualitative indicators may be evaluated but are rarely placed or juxtaposed alongside these quantifiable indicators. A one-dimensional approach will be limiting because sustainable development includes both environmental and social factors. This paper describes the methodologies that have been developed to assess housing developments against five quite different criteria. These are: energy use, resource use, neighbourhood character, neighbourhood connectedness and diversity. In each case, high and low sustainability practice has been identified so that ranking is possible. These methodologies have then been tested by evaluating a typical precinct (approximately 400 m by 400 m) of a 1970-80s housing development in a suburb of Geelong. The rankings of the particular precinct have then been combined in a visual way to assist in the evaluation of the housing in a more holistic way. The results of this evaluation method are presented, along with a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the methodologies. The research is the outcome of collaboration by a cross-disciplinary group of academics within Deakin’s School of Architecture and Building.

Evaluation of housing developments for sustainability using a multi-criteria approach

New housing developments in Australia, particularly on Greenfield sites on the edge of existing urban centres, need to be sustainable in environmental and social terms if long term problems are to be avoided. Sustainability is multi-dimensional and existing analyses have been found to be inadequate in assessing housing developments holistically. This paper describes research which has used five criteria (energy use, resource use, neighbourhood character, neighbourhood connectivity and diversity), representing 31 indicators, to assess three housing precincts of a regional city in southern Australia. The method has been found to produce useful assessments of sustainability. The method has the potential to inform future housing developments and to be used to improve existing suburbs.

Development banking in the Eastern Caribbean: the case of Saint Lucia and Grenada

Includes bibliography

Low-rent housing : administrative processing and control procedures.

November 1970.

"Building for success" : Illinois' annual comprehensive housing plan : progress report January 1 ... through December 31 ... : as submitted to Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor and the Illinois General Assembly /

No longer issued with the consolidated performance report.

A feasibility assessment of an Illinois housing trust fund.

Title from cover.

A proposal to the Ford Foundation to fund a technical assistance corporation for housing in Illinois /

Mode of access: Internet.

Comprehensive housing affordability strategy : CHAS.

At head of title, FY 1992-FY 1996: State of Illinois.

Effects of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act (PA 91-0656) : report to the Illinois legislature /

Describes the effects of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act on the availability of housing for seniors in Illinois.

Housing facilities for the elderly in Illinois.

Cover title.

Illinois regional housing needs 1975 : an estimate of new housing construction and subsidy needs in Illinois regions /

Mode of access: Internet.

Illinois' annual comprehensive housing plan.

Each issue also has a distinctive title.

Illinois' ... annual comprehensive housing plan.

Plan year ends Dec. 31.

Illinois' annual comprehensive housing plan.

Each issue also has a distinctive title.